Suburban Homes 



ON THE 



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OLD COLONY." 



A. Directory for those who seek a Suburban 
Residence. 



ISSUED BY THE 

Passenger Department Old Colony Railroad, 
boston. 

1889. 



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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 









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Abington 


. Plymouth Road 32 


ASHMONT . 


Shawmut Branch 




10 


Attleboro' . 


. Providence Division . 




68 


Atlantic . 


Central Division 




14 


Avon 


. Old Road .... 




37 


Berlin 


Northern Division . 




75 


Bolton . 


. Northern Division 




76 


Boylston . 


Providence Division 




59 


Braintree 


. Central Division . 




15 


Bridgewater . 


Old Road .... 




42 


Brockton 


. Old Road .... 




39 


Campello . 


Old Road .... 




39 


Canton . 


. Providence Division . 




64 


Cedar Grove . 


Shawmut Branch 




10 


Central Avenue . 


. Shawmut Branch . 





13 


Clarendon Hills 


Providence Division 




60 


Clinton 


. Northern Division 




75 


Cochesett 


Easton Branch . 




42 


COHASSET 


. South Shore .... 




23 


Co-operative Bank 


5 ...... 




7 


Crescent Avenue 


. Central Division . 




9 


Dediiam 


Providence Division 




64 


Dodge ville . 


. Providence Division 




68 


Drownville 


Warren and Bristol Branch 




71 


DUXBURY 


. South Shore .... 




27 


Easton 


New Road 




48 


East Braintree . 


. South Shore 




19 


East Bridgewater . 


Bridgewater Branch 




43 


East Foxboro' 


. Providence Division . 




66 


East Marsiiiteld . 


South Shore 




25 


East Milton 


. Granite Branch . 




15 


East Weymouth 


South Shore 




19 


Egypt . 


. South Shore .... 




23 


Elmwood . 


Bridgewater Branch 




44 


Falls Village 


. North Attleboro' Branch 




70 


Fayville . 


Northern Division . 




72 


FlTCHBJRG . 


. Northern Division 




77 


Forest Hills . 


Providence Division 




59 


Framingham . 


. Northern Division 




72 


Greenbush 


South Shore 




24 


Halifax 


. Plymouth Road . 




35 


Hanover . 


Hanover Branch 




32 


Harrison Square 


. Central Division . 




9 



Hazel wood 
Hebronvtlle 
Htngham . 
Highland 
Holbrook . 
Hull 

Hyde Park 
Island Creek 
Jamaica Plain . 
Kingston 

Leominster Centre 
Marlboro' . 
Marlboro' Junction 
Marshfield . 
Marshfield Centre 
Matfield 
Mattapan . 
Middleboro' 
Milton 
Montello 
Mount Hope . 



Providence Division 
Providence Division 
South Shore 
West Roxbury Branch 
Old Road . 

Nantasket Beach R.R. 
Providence Division 
South Shore . 
Providence Division 
Plymouth Road . 
Northern Division . 
Northern Division 
Northern Division . 
South Shore . 
South Shore 
Old Road 
Shawmut Branch 
Old Road 
Shawmut Branch 
Old Road 
Providence Division 



More distant Home Sites 



Nantasket Beach 
Nayatt . 
Neponset . 
northboro' . 
No. Abington . 

NO. COHASSET 

No. Easton 
No. Hanson . 
NO. SCITUATE . 

No. Stoughton . 
No. Weymouth 
Pawtucket . 
Plymoi ill 
Plympton 
Pope's Hill 
Pratt's Junction 
Prefatory 
Quincy . 
Quincv Adams. 
Randolph 
Raynham . 



Nantasket Beach R. R. 
Warren and Bristol In 
( !en1 ral Division 
Northern Division 
I'!\ mouth Road 
South Shore . 
New Road 
Plymouth Road . 
Soul h Shore 
New Road 
South Shore 
Providence Division 
Plymouth Road 
Plymouth Road 
Centra] Division 
Northern Division 

( "cut ral Division . 
( Vntral Division 
New Road 

New Road 



Pates, Trains and Tickets 

READVILLE . . Providence Division 

Rockland . . . Hanover Branch . 

ROSLINDALE . . Providence Division 

Roxbury . . . Providence Division 

RUMFORD . . . Providence Division 

Satucket . . . Easton Branch 

Savin Hill . . Central Division 

Scituate . . . South Shore . 

Seaside . . . South Shore 

Sea View . . . Plymouth Road . 

Sequassett . . Easton Branch 

Shawmut . . . Shawmut Branch . 

Sharon . „ „ Providence Division 



SOUTHBORO' . 

So. Boston 
So. Braintree 

SO. DUXBURY . 

So. Easton . 
So. Hanson 
So. Weymouth . 
Spring Street . 
Stoughton . 
Suburban Real Estate 
Taunton 
Tittcut 

Webster Place . 
West Berlin . 
West Bridgewater . 
West Hingham 
West Leominster 
West Mansfield 
West Quincy 
West Roxbury 
Weymouth . 
Whitman . 

Wollaston Heights . 
Workingmen's Tickets 



Northern Division 
Central Division 
Central Division . 
South Shore 
Easton Branch 
Plymouth Road 
South Shore . 
West Roxbury Branch 
New Road 
Agents 
New Road . 
Old Road . 
South Shore . 
Northern Division . 
Easton Branch 
South Shore 
Northern Division 
Providence Division 
Granite Branch . 
West Roxbury Branch 
South Shore . 
Plymouth Road 
Central Division . 



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SPECIAL NOTICE. 



A Manual of Summer Hotels and Boarding Houses on the Old Colony 
system, showing rates, accommodations, etc., will be mailed free on 
application to the undersigned. 

GEO. L. COXNOB, 

G. P. A. Old Colony B.B., 

Boston. 



PREFATORY. 



He who seeks for information within this little volume should care- 
fully consult the maps that form a part of it. The situations herein 
described comprise the whole of the ancient "Old Colony" district, 
and what is now known as Plymouth County, Bristol County, Norfolk 
County, the Naragansett, and Mount Hope Bay shores in Rhode Island, 
and sections of the eastern central region of Massachusetts. 

The Old Colony Railroad and its various connected steamboat lines 
furnish the sole transportation agencies for southeastern Massachu- 
setts, including Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket 
Counties. The ocean shore lines included within the ministrations of 
this railroad, measured by their windings in and out along the coast, 
number upwards of four hundred miles of distance, and embrace every 
variety of noble, striking and interesting seashore scenery known to 
the continent. 

For excellent sanitary conditions, recreative qualities, and especially 
for all the requisites necessary to make up the superlative of summer- 
ing places, this region is on the whole unequalled elsewhere in the coun- 
try; while its comparatively ancient settlement, the density of its 
population, its traditions, usages and experiences, render it in the fore- 
front of the civilization of the country, and its social, religious, edu- 
cational and economic departments are upon permanent foundations, 
and far advanced in best directions. Its inland towns and villages are 
nowhere far removed from the sea-coast, and in selecting a permanent 
or summer home within its borders, advantage may be taken of situ- 
ations more or less exposed or sheltered, according as the would-be 
dwellers are robust or the contrary. 

As will be seen, by studying the maps afore-mentioned, the Old 
Colony Railroad system, although comprising upwards of five hundred 
miles of finished and operated road, has only eleven miles of "main 
line" (from Boston to South Braintree), all the rest being "branches," 
that have been attached from time to time since the inception of the 
enterprise in 1845, and have grown steadily until they have filled the 
whole region. It would now be hard to find in the whole of south- 
eastern Massachusetts a village or hamlet half a dozen miles from a 
railroad station, the truth being that nearly every town in the region 
enjoys direct railroad privileges, while most of them have more than 
one, and sometimes five or six, stations within their limits. 



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It will be noticed in the following pages that the names of railroad 
stations, rather than of the towns to which they belong, have been given 
as titles preceding descriptions, although invariably the town name 
will be found somewhere in the detailed account connected. Thus, one 
might search in vain, using an ordinary map or gazetteer of Massachu- 
setts, to And the places, "Egypt," " Titicut," " Greenbush," or the like, 
these names belonging respectively to villages containing stations of 
the railroad, and in nowise indicating the town name of the locality. 
In any case, where larger or more detailed information is desired than 
this book contains, concerning any place to which it refers, or any 
situation in the whole region, the fullest answers will be promptly 
and cheerfully given to all queries forwarded to the Passenger Depart- 
ment of the Old Colony Railroad, at the general headquarters in 
Boston. 




KATES, TRAINS AJiD TICKETS. 



The tabulated information at the head of each descriptive account 
afforded in this book is necessarily incomplete in details, since the run- 
ning of trains must vary, with regard to numbers and character of 
the same, according to the season of the year and the volume of travel, 
and the lists would become too long were every kind of special rate 
embodied therein. Of the service it may here be said that the number of 
daily and Sunday trains on every part of the system is largely aug- 
mented each summer, or during the "warm months," express and 
excursion trains to important and attractive points along the sea-shore 
and to the centres being at these times frequent and timely, while the 
regular service throughout the year is never allowed to fall below the 
limit of entire sufficiency. Theatre trains are run o'nights for the 
accommodation of nearly all the localities indicated within this book, 
the stations within twenty miles of Boston having this provision regu- 
lar and constant throughout the year, while those more remote are 
served according to the demands of the situation or the desires of the 
population as illustrated by their patronage. Upon all trains the coupons 
of the 1,000-mile books ($20) are taken. The multiple-trip tickets are 
represented by five and ten, as shown in this book, there being no dif- 
ference between them so far as rate is concerned, but only in the num- 
ber of rides, which is increased according to the nearness to centres. 
In the suburban district (within ten miles of principal stations in 
Boston), 100-ride tickets take the place of season tickets, the latter 
being abolished in that district. These commutation tickets are good 
until used, in either direction. Season tickets for two months are 
issued at 75 per cent of the quarterly rate, and for one month at 40 per 
cent (Northern Division 50 per cent) of the quarterly rate. These 
tickets are valid for continuous passage' between stations named on 
week days, but not on Sundays, except on the Northern Division, where 
they are taken at any time. For the accommodation of summer so- 
journers on the main line, tickets of the latter class are issued for four 
and five months at the same rate per month as the quarterly tickets. 
Half-fare season tickets are issued to persons under eighteen years of 
age, except within the suburban district, upon application signed by a 
parent or guardian. Blank applications can be secured at the general 
ticket office, in Boston, and at the ticket offices of the several stations. 



The round-trip tickets referred to in the following pages are placid 
on sale May 1, are valid between Boston and stations on the main line 
and branches for continuous passage only, and are good to return until 
November 1. On the Northern Division, round-trip tickets are on sale 
to Boston all through the year, and are valid for passage only on day 
of sale. 

A most important feature is that of the " worklngmen's tickets," 
whereby the Old Colony road not only conforms with Massachusetts 
law with reference to the transportation of workers over railroad lines, 
but systematizes and makes far-reaching this provision for these 
classes, catering to their needs in these respects in the most effective, 
thorough and comprehensive manner. Tabulated near the close of 
this book will be found a list of towns and stations included within 
this service, with rates and trains duly set forth in order. 




CO-OPERATIVE B/WKS. 



It is now upwards of ten years since the form of "building associa- 
tions " known as "co-operative banks" was legalized in this State by 
the Legislature ; and during that time great advances have been made 
in the securing of workingmen's homes in various parts of the Com- 
monwealth, and nowhere has the project been received with greater 
favor or more practical results than in southeastern Massachusetts. 
The system in vogue here is a close copy of that so long and so 
effectively employed in Philadelphia; and under its beneficent workings 
homes have sprung up as if by magic in Brockton and its suburbs, 
Stoughton, Taunton, Plymouth, and the suburban villages of Boston 
in all directions. Substantially, the plan of a co-operative bank 
(or building association) is as follows : — 

A certain number of persons organize under the law as a co-operative 
bank. Every member pays in a small sum per month, and each month 
the total amount is loaned to some member (or several members, if 
there is sufficient money) to build a house, which he may occupy upon 
its completion ; and instead of paying rent into the pocket of a land- 
lord and having nothing to show for it afterward, he pays about an 
equal amount to the co-operative bank monthly, a portion of which is 
for interest, but a large part goes toward paying the principal, and at 
the end of ten or eleven years he owns his home. 

There are in Boston and southeastern Massachusetts the following 
named co-operative banks : — 

In Boston, the " Germania," "Guardian," "Homestead," "Mer- 
chants," "Pioneer," " Suffolk," "West Roxbury" and "Working- 
men's"; in Brockton, the " Campello " and the " Security " ; in Fall 
River, the "Peoples'" and the "Troy"; in Lowell, the "Lowell"; in 
New Bedford, the "New Bedford"; in Plymouth, the "Plymouth"; 
in Sandwich, the " Sandwich " ; in Stoughton, the "Stoughton"; in 
Taunton, the "Taunton" and the "Weir"; in Fitchburg, the "Fitch- 
bur";." 



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THE M/HN him 

AND 
SlIAWMUT, MlLTOX AND GRANITE BRANCHES. 



The main line of the Old Colony Railroad includes all the suburban 
stations between the central Boston station and the Neponset River, 
and onward from the last-named point to South Braintree (see map) , 
a distance of about eleven miles. The Shawmut Branch leaves the 
main line at Harrison Square, a Boston suburb, and runs through the 
beautiful Neponset valley, closely following the river bank as far as 
Milton and Mattapan. The Granite Branch leaves the main line at 
Atlantic station, near the south bank of the Neponset River, and runs 
through East Milton and West Quincy to Braintree, where it again 
joins the main line. These sections form a thickly settled region, the 
towns and villages having beautiful situations after the heart of the 
city is left behind, the Neponset valley, the Blue Hills of Milton, the 
heights about Quincy. and the shores, bays, islands and country locali- 
ties which all these heights overlook, presenting scenery unequalled 
elsewhere in New England, and attractions for summer or permanent 
homes unsurpassed anywhere. 



SOUTH BOSTON, CRESCENT AVENUE, SAVIN HILL 
AND HARRISON SQUARE. 

These are stations of the Old Colony Railroad main line, situated 
within the limits of Boston, and from one to three miles distant from 
the principal Boston station. At Savin Hill the surroundings begin 
to assume a suburban appearance, broadened house-lots and wooded 
hills and knolls showing themselves, with estates containing lawns, 
gardens and orchards not infrequent. Of late, great numbers of very 
attractive cottages of modern style have been built in these sections, 
and hundreds of homes, costing from .$4,000 to .$7,000 each, have been 
established. All belongings and characteristics of the city are, of 
course, the rule here. Distances, rates of fare, train service, etc., are 
as follows : — 

Crescent Avenue is 2 miles from the Boston station ; has twenty-five 
trains from and twenty-nine trains to Boston on week-days, and four 



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trains each way on Sundays. The fare one way is 5 cents, ten-trip 
rate 50 cents, and 100-ride ticket $5.00. 

Savin Hill is 3 miles from Boston, has twenty-five trains from and 
twenty-nine trains to Boston on week days, and four each way on Sun- 
days. The fare for single trip one way is 6 cents, ten trips for 50 
cents, and a 100-ride ticket for $5.00. 

Harrison Square is distant 4 miles from the Boston station, and 
has thirty-five trains to and thirty-nine trains from Boston on week 
days, and four each way on Sundays. The single fare to Boston is 
7 cents, or ten trips for 60 cents, and the 100-ride ticket rate is 
$5.00. 

SHAWM UT. 

A Boston suburb ; fine estates 
and growing rapidly. Over- 
looks the Ncponset valley and 
its surrounding heights, and is 
very prettily situated. A most 
desirable place for summer 
residence or sojourning, or for 



5 miles from Boston station. 

18 trains from Boston, week days. 

17 trains to Boston, 'week days. 
4 trains each "way, Sundays. 

One-hundred ride Ticket $6.75 

Ten-trip Ticket 75 

Fare, one way 09 



permanent homes. Prices for building lots, twenty cents to fifty 
cents per foot. A quiet, restful village. 



ASHMONT. 



A Boston suburb, overlook- 
ing the Neponset River and 



5 miles from Boston station. 

18 trains from Boston, week days. 

17 trains to Boston, week days. 
4 trains each way, Sundays. 

One-hundred ride Ticket $7.25 

Ten-trip Ticket 80 

Fare, one way lO 



the Milton Hills. Population, 
about 800. The dwellings are 
upon high land, with command- 
ing and pleasant outlooks, 
especially attractive in sum- 
mer. The place is growing rapidly, and has many fine estates and 
cottages. The " Ashmont Improvement Club" gives direction to local 
and material interests. Prices for building lots, from sixteen cents 
to twenty-five cents per foot. Five per cent to six per cent on 

mortgages. 

CEDAR GROVE. 



A suburb of Boston, over- 
looking the Neponset River 
and the Blue Hills of Milton. 
One and a half miles from 
Milton and Xeponset. Four 
mails daily. Prices for build- 
ing lots, from ten cents to 
thirteen cents per foot. Has many fine estates and modern-built 
dwellings, and is growing rapidly. A very desirable place for summer 
sojourning, and of large resort for visitors during that season. 



6 miles from Boston station. 

17 trains from Boston, week days. 

16 trains to Boston, week days. 
3 trains each way, Sundays. 
One-hundred ride Ticket ... .$8. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 45 

Fare, one way 11 



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DESIGN No. 481. 

By the Co-operative Building Plan Association, Architects. 

Size of structure : Front, 18 ft. ; extreme width at dining-room, 
21 ft., 6 in. ; side, 40 ft. 

Accommodations : Vestibule, hall and three rooms on the first 
floor; bath and two large rooms on the second floor; two rooms in 
the attic. 

Height of stories: Cellar, 6 ft., 8 in.; first story, 9 ft., 6 in.; 
second story, 8 ft., 10 in. ; attic, 7 ft., 6 in. 

Materials : Foundations, 8-in. brick walls ; first story, clapboards ; 
second story, shingles ; roof, shingles. 

Cost about $2,700. Floor plans and further information about 
this design may be obtained free by applying to the Co-operative 
Building Plan Association, Architects, 63 Broadway, New York. 



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MILTON. 



7 miles from Boston station. 

18 trains from Boston, week days. 

18 trains to Boston, week days. 
4 trains each way, Sundays. 

One-hundred ride Ticket $8.00 

Five-trip Ticket 45 

Pare, one way 13 



Milton is separated from the 
Dorchester District of Boston 
by the Xeponset River, which 
is navigable up to "Milton 
Lower Mills," near which is 
the Milton station of the 0. C. 
R. R. Population of Milton is 
about 3,500. Has many fine suburban estates and residences, the 
property of wealthy business men and others of Boston, who have 
long regarded this place as most desirable for summer or permanent 
residences. 

The natural attractions of Milton are superlative, the "Blue Hills " 
affording finest sites, and the outlooks over the surrounding country 
and Boston Harbor and bay being unequalled by anything of the kind 
in the neighborhood of Boston. Two miles to Quincy and Wollaston. 
The roads arc excellent, and the drives in all directions very attractive. 
Besides excellent public schools. Milton has an academy. One national 
bank. Building lots from ten cents per foot. Best of accommodations 
for summer sojourners in private houses. Some dairy farming. 



POPE'S HILL. 



A suburb of Boston, finely 
situated on heights overlook- 
ing the harbor ami bay and the 
surrounding country for miles 
in every direction. Many 
wealthy residents and fine 
estates. Trices for building 
lots, from five cents to fifty cents per foot. The principal attractions 
of this district are its superb outlooks and tine sanitary conditions. 



4 miles from Boston station. 

15 trains from Boston, week days. 

18 trains to Boston, week days. 
4 trains each way, Sundays. 

One-hundred ride Ticket $6.00 

Ten-trip Ticket 70 

Fare, one way 08 



NEPONSET. 



A suburb of Boston in the 
Dorchester District. A quiet 
ward, on the boundary line 
between city and country; 
water front on Neponset River 
and Dorchester Bay, and fine 
outlooks over bay, harbor and 
islands. Prices for building lots, from twenty-five to thirty-five cents 
per foot. All Boston city privileges. Some fine residences. 



5 miles from Boston station. 

27 trains from Boston, week days. 

27 trains to Boston, week days. 
4 trains each way, Sundays. 

One-hundred ride Ticket $7.00 

Ten-trip Ticket 75 

Fare, one way 10 



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CENTRAL AVENUE. 



A village of Milton, of un- 
bounded natural attractions, 
having many fine estates, and 
of steady and substantial in- 
crease. Excellent either for 
summer or permanent homes. 
Some market and dairy farm- 
ing. Building lots from ten cents to fifty cents per foot. [See Milton.'] 



7 miles from Boston station. 

18 trains from Boston, week days. 

18 trains to Boston, week days. 
3 trains each way, Sundays. 

One-hundred ride Ticket $8.00 

Five-trip Ticket 45 

Fare, oneway 13 



MATTAPAN. 



8 miles from Boston station 
18 trains from Boston, week days. 
18 trains to Boston, week days. 
3 Trains each way, Sundays. 
One-hundred ride Ticket ... .$8. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 45 

Fare, one way 15 



A suburb of Boston. Popu- 
lation, about 1,000. Situated 
upon Neponset River, and has 
fine natural attractions. Ex- 
cellent for summer or perma- 
nent home. Very low rates 
for building lots. 



7 miles 


from Boston. 




20 trains 


to and from Boston, 


week 


days. 






4 trains 


each way, Sundays. 




One-hundred ride Ticket $8.50 


Ten-trip 
Fare, on 




l.io 




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WOLLASTON HEIGHTS. 

Village of Quincy, Norfolk County. 

Situated on a spur of the 
Blue Hills, overlooking Dor- 
chester and Boston bays, 
Neponset valley, the southern 
suburbs of Boston, and the Blue 
Hills of Milton. Population, 
about 1,500. Schools of the 
famous Quincy system, in modern building. Three churches,— Ortho- 
dox, Baptist and Methodist ; also free religious society. The village is 
of recent establishment, and all the buildings of modern style. One 
mile to the main village of Quincy. Whole territory regularly laid out 
in lots 50 x 100 feet. Range of prices for lots, from six cents to thirty- 
cents per foot. Excellent building lots for ten cents per foot. The 
greater number of the present buildings on double lots. Pine social 
element. Choral Society, Literary Society, Reading Clubs, etc. Banks, 
—national, co-operative and savings ; Masonic, Odd Fellows and other 
societies, etc., in main village. Easy terms for mortgages in Quincy, 
Braintree, Weymouth or Boston banks. Beautiful drives and finest 
scenery on all sides. Water and gas systems, fire department, etc. 
One hotel. Three mails each way daily. Telegraph and telephone 
connections. Equally desirable as place of residence in winter and 
summer. Very popular as place of summer resort. Growing rapidly. 
[#ee Quincy.'] 



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ATLANTIC. 



6 miles from Boston. 

24 trains from Boston, week days. 

26 trains to Boston, week days. 
4 trains to and from Boston, Sundays. 

One-hundred ride Ticket $8.00 

Ten-trip Ticket 90 

Fare, one way 11 



Atlantic is the most north- 
erly village of Quincy, and sep- 
arated from Boston by Xcpon- 
set River and Dorchester Bay. 
Population, about 2,000, in- 
creasing yearly. One of the 
celebrated Quincy schools is 
situated here. One Congregational and one Catholic church. One 
mile to Wollaston Heights, two miles to Quincy main village, and two 
and a half miles to Squantum. Good accommodations for summer 
residents, and very desirable as permanent home. Two mails each 
way daily; telegraph and telephone. Building lots range from six 
cents to ten cents per foot. Money on mortgages at five per cent. Atlan- 
tic has many fine estates and summer residences, and its summer busi- 
ness is growing. Squantum, on the shore of the hay. which here presents 
most charming outlooks, including the islands and interesting points 
about Boston Harbor, is very attractive in summer. Water and fire 
departments. Junction of the Granite Branch of the Old Colony Kail- 
road, built in 182G, — the first railroad in America. 



QUINCY. 



8 miles from Boston. 

27 trains from Boston, week days. 

29 trains to Boston, week days. 
6 trains in each direction, Sundays. 
One-hundred ride Ticket ... .$9. OO 

Ten-trip Ticket 1.25 

Fare, one way 15 



An historic town, which has 
given to the United States two 
Presidents. Population, 13,000. 
The public schools of Quincy 
have become famous. The 
town has a fine public library, 
and is the seat of Adams 
Academy. Seventeen churches, representing nearly all denominations. 
Two national banks, one savings bank and one insurance company. 
Good accommodations and facilities for summer residents. Seven 
mails from and five mails to Boston, daily. Telegraph and telephone. 
Building lots from five cents per foot upwards. Woods and beach 
gunning in season. Many fine modern-built dwellings; permanent 
homes increasing rapidly. Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias. 
Grand Army, Knights of Honor, Legion of Honor, Good Templars, 
etc. Six per cent on mortgages. Water and fire departments. Under 
the Unitarian church (Adams Temple), the two Presidents. John 
Adams and John Quincy Adams, are buried. The water front of 
Quincy lies along the inner Dorchester Bay, and the situation is very 
favorable for boating, gunning and fishing. John Hancock was a 
native of Quincy, and here have been the estates of the Adams and 
Quincy families for generations. Quincy granite is well known in 
every part of the country, many important public buildings having 



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been constructed of this material, such as King's Chapel, the Custom 
House and Bunker Hill Monument in Boston, the Custom House in 
Charleston, S. C, the Astor House in New York, the Custom House in 
New Orleans, and many others. 

QUINCY ADAMS. 



9 miles from Boston. 

18 trains from Boston, week days. 

17 trains to Boston, week days. 
4 trains each way, Sundays. 
One-hundred ride Ticket. . .$10.00 

Ten-trip Ticket 1.50 

Fare, one way 17 



A village of Quiney. Popu- 
lation, 2,000. About three- 
quarters of a mile to the main 
village of Quiney. The place 
is growing rapidly, is very de- 
sirable for permanent resi- 
dence, and has a large number 
of modern-built dwellings. Average price of building lots, Ave cents 
per foot. Excellent accommodations for summer sojourners. Some 
dairy farming. [See Quiney.'] 

EAST MILTON. 



8 miles from Boston. 

lO trains from Boston, week days. 

lO trains to Boston, week days. 

One-hundred ride Ticket $8.50 

Ten-trip Ticket l.lO 

Fare, one way 14 



A beautifully situated vil- 
lage, overlooking the Neponset 
valley, devoted to general 
farming and suburban homes. 
Building lots from three cents 
to fifty cents per foot. Good 
roads for drives among fine 



scenery. Many costly estates and residences. [See Milton.] 
WEST QUINCY. 



9 miles from Boston. 

lO trains from Boston, week days. 

lO trains to Boston, week days. 
One-hundred ride Ticket ... .$9. OO 

Ten-trip Ticket., 1.25 

Fare, one way 15 



A village of Quiney, in the 
neighborhood of the celebrated 
granite quarries. Population, 
4,000. One Catholic and one 
Methodist church. Two miles 
to Quiney main village. Build- 
ing lots, two cents to ten cents 
per foot. Six per cent on mortgages. Three mails daily. Telegraph 
and telephone. [See Quiney.] 

BRAINTREE. 

An old, historic town ; three 
villages. Population, 4,040. 
Fine public schools and Thayer 
Academy. A public library. 
Four mails each way daily, and 
telegraph. Building lots, two 
cents to ten cents per foot. 



lO miles from Boston. 

32 trains from Boston, week days. 

31 trains to Boston, week days. 
6 trains to and from Boston, Sundays 
One-hundred ride Ticket. . .$11 .50 

Ten-trip Ticket 1 .75 

Fare, one way 20 



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Excellent sanitary conditions, good location and best water supply. 
Three summer boarding-houses. Some fine estates and modern-built 
cottages; the town is growing. Some market gardening. Six per 
cent on mortgages. Savings bank in South Braintree. Fire depart- 
ment. Junction of South Shore Branch of Old Colony Railroad. 



SOUTH BRAINTREE. 



Population, about 1,500. A 
quiet village, excellent for 
permanent homes. Schools, 
churches, and "Thayer Acad- 
emy " for the higher branches 
of study and fitting for colle- 
giate institutions. A savings 
bank. General farming in a small way. Prices for building lots, from 
$200 to $1,000. The extensive car building and repair shops of the 
Old Colony Railroad are locating here. [See Braintree.'] 



11 miles from Boston. 

32 trains from Boston, week days. 

30 trains to Boston, week days. 
7 trains each way, Sundays. 
One-hundred ride Ticket. . .$13. OO 

Ten-trip Ticket 2.15 

Fare, one way 25 




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DESIGN No. 331. 

By the Co-operative Building Plan Association, Architects. 

Size of structure : Front, 22 ft., 6 in. ; extreme width, 33 ft., 6 in. ; 
size, 47 ft. 

Accommodations : Hall, bath, pantry and four rooms on the first 
floor; four rooms on the second floor. 

Height of stories : Cellar, 6 ft., 6 in. ; first story, 9 ft., 6 in. ; second 
story, 9 ft. 

Materials : Foundation, stone ; first story, clapboards ; second story, 
clapboards and shingles; gables, shingles; roof, shingles. 

Cost about $3,000. Floor plans and further information may be 
obtained by applying to the Co-operative Building Plan Association, 
Architects, 63 Broadway, New York. 



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THE SOUTH SHORE. 



The South Shore Branch of the ( >1<1 < Jolony Railroad leaves the main 
line at Braintree station, and from thence, as the name indicates, 
follows the general direction of the bay shores, and nowhere far 
removed from these, until the town of Kingston is reached, a distance 
of upwards of forty miles, where junction is made with the direct 
Plymouth Branch, four miles above Plymouth. The scenery of this 
shore line is very tine, and the country traversed is among the most 
interesting, historically considered, of eastern Massachusetts, includ- 
ing the Puritan and Pilgrim sections of "ye olden time," and the 
scenes of some of the most important transactions between the early 
settlers and the Indians. The sanitary conditions of all this region arc 
excellent, while its boating, bathing, fishing and gunning privileges 
cannot be excelled. The villages are quie^ attractive and pleasing, 
and in the Forefront of SfewjEngland civilisation. ThemosJ fastidious 
or the most practical person will find in some or other of these locali- 
ties just what he desires! for summer or permanent homes. 



WEYMOUTH, 



12 miles from Boston. 
9 trains from Boston, week days. 

lO trains to Boston, week days. 
2 trains each way, Sunda3 s. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $17. OO 

Five-trip Ticket l.lO 

Fare, one way .25 



The town of Weymouth has 
13,000 inhabitants ; this village 
about 4,000. It is a farming 
as well as a manufacturing 
section, the Weymouths having 
large boot and shoe interests. 
One savings bank, one national 
bank. The scenery and natural attractions (lake and bay shore) are 
very fine ; and either for summer or permanent residence the place is 
very desirable. The town is growing, and has many tine estates. Six 
per cent to seven per cent on mortgages. Here, in 1623, occurred the 
terrible attack of Myles Standish upon the assembled Indian chiefs ; 
and in 1624 a company from Weymouth, England, occupied the place 
and named it. 



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EAST BRAINTREE. 

A village of Braintree. Four 
mails daily, and telegraph. 
From the hills within and about 
this village commanding views 
of ocean, fine old woods, and 
the valley of the Monatiquot 
River may be had. Good pond 
and shore fishing. A farming section, with best accommodations for 
summer visitors, and affording quiet, restful, permanent homes in the 
midst of country scenes, with city facilities near at hand. [See 
Braintree.] 

NORTH WEYMOUTH. 



1 1 miles from Boston. 




9 trains from Boston, 


week days. 


8 trains to Boston, -week days. 


2 trains each way, Sundays. 


Season Ticket, 3 mos 


$16. OO 




1 . 05 









13 miles from Boston. 

8 trains from Boston, -week days. 

9 trains to Boston, week days. 
2 trains each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $18.00 

Five-trip Ticket 1 . 25 

Fare, one way .28 



A pleasing representative of 
the Weymouth family of vil- 
lages. Finely situated along 
the inland bay waters, and com- 
mands views of harbor and 
islands. Population, 1,800. 
Five schools and four churches, 
from $100 to $2,000. Excellent 
The shore and scenic attrac- 



Range of prices for building lots 

accommodations for summer visitors. 

tions of this village are notable. Three mails daily. Fine water and 

fire departments. [See Weymouth.'] 



EAST WEYMOUTH. 



A village of Weymouth. 
Population, 3,500. Ten public 
schools, one private school, 
and four churches. A savings 
bank. Prices for building lots, 
from $300 to $500. This sec- 
tion has many fine estates and 
residences, and is growing. A lively, enterprising centre, 
situated for summer visitors and pleasant permanent homes, 
mails daily. Telegraph and telephone. [See Weymouth.'] 



15 miles from Boston. 

lO trains from Boston, week days. 

lO trains to Boston, week days. 
2 trains each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $19.50 

Five-trip Ticket 1 . 37 

Fare, one way .30 



Finely 
Three 



16 miles from Boston. 
9 trains from Boston, week days. 
8 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $21. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 1 .62 

Fare, one way .35 



Fine smelt fishing here in season 



WEST HINGHAM. 

A village of Hingham. 
Quiet, rural and attractive in 
scenery and attributes. Prices 
for building lots, $100 to $1 ,000. 
Good accommodations for sum- 
mer residents. Very desirable 
for permanent country homes. 
[Sec Hingham.] 






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HINGHAM 



17 miles from Boston. 

11 trains from Boston, week days. 

1 1 trains to Boston, week days. 
2 trains from and to Boston, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $21. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 1.62 

Fare, one way 35 



One of the oldest settle- 
ments in New England (1G35) ; 
of fine historic interest and 
associations. Hingham lias the 
oldest occupied church in the 
United States, 253 years old. 
Population, about 5,000. Ten 
schools ; ten churches, including Unitarian, Orthodox, Baptist, Method- 
ist, Episcopal, Universalist and Catholic denominations. One national 
and one savings bank. Two hotels, and large accommodations for 
summer residents and sojourners. Three mails each way daily. Tele- 
egraph and telephone. Excellent steamboat service between this town 
and Boston during nearly all the year. Range of prices for building 
lots, from five cents to $1.00 per foot. Good market and general 
farming lands. The water supply is from pond, and is rated second 
best in the State. Volunteer fire department. Six per cent interest 
on mortgages. The Derby Academy and the Keble (Episcopal) Semi- 
nary are situated here. Mellville Garden and Downer's Landing, 
noted summer resorts on the bay shores, are within the town limits. 
Hingham is one of the most beautiful shore towns, and affords the 
finest drives, boating and fishing imaginable. Nantasket Beach (the 
Coney Island of Boston) stretches between the town and the road- 
stead outside Boston Harbor, and the outlooks from the neighboring 
hills, over bay, harbor and ocean, are superb. Many fine families are to 
be found here, and the place is one of the most desirable for residence 
in the country. Summer attractions are in great variety. Sixty 
modern-built summer cottages for rent. In Hingham resided John 
Albion Andrew, the great "War Governor" of Massachusetts, and in 
the beautiful cemetery in the centre of the town his remains rest. 



NORTH COHASSET. 



A village of Cohasset. 
Finely situated for summerim* 
or for permanent homes. Neai 
the beaches and the famouv 
"Jerusalem Road," and hats, 
pleasant drives in all directions. 
Gunning and fishing in season. 
The "Black Rock" and other notable shore hotels. In summer time 
representatives of the finest social circles of Boston and other centres 
take up their abode hereabouts, and the whole section is animate with 
the stirring life infused by wealthy and cultured sojourners. 



19 miles from Boston. 
9 trains from Boston, week days. 
9 trains to Boston, -week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $23. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 1 .87 

Fare, one way 40 



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DESIGN No. 348. 

By the Co-operative Building Plan Association, Architects. 

Size of structure: Front, 2;) ft., G in.; width through dining-room 

and library, 32 ft. : side. 42 ft.. 6 in. 

Accommodations: Hall, pantries and four large rooms on the first 
floor; hall closets and four large rooms on the second floor; cellar 
under part of the house. 

Height of stories: Cellar, 7 ft.; first story, ft., 8 in.; second 
story, 8 ft., 10 in. 

Materials: Foundation, stone and brick; first story, clapboards; 
second story, shingles; gables, panelled and shingled; roof, shingles. 

Cost about $3,500. Floor plans and further information about 
this design may be obtained free by applying to the Co-operative 
Building Flan Association, Architects, G3 Broadway, New York. 



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COHASSET. 



22 miles from Boston. 

11 trains from Boston, week days. 

1 1 trains to Boston, -week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 
Season Ticket, 3 mos. ...$26.00 

Five-trip Ticket 2. 20 

Fare, one way .50 



One of the finest situations 
on the Massachusetts coast; 
a noted place of summer re- 
sort, and the home of many 
wealthy and celebrated people. 
Lawrence Barrett, Robson and 
Crane, and other histrionic 
artists have fine estates here, while all about the place, and especially 
on "Jerusalem Road," overlooking the bay, the costly residences of 
people of large means and high social standing are to be met with on 
every hand. The ocean shores are most picturesque, abounding in 
rock masses and great ledges, against and upon which the ocean waters 
perpetually break and roar. Here is the noted " Minot's Ledge," upon 
which is built one of the famous light-houses of the world. 

The town abounds in gentle rising hills, rock-strewn patches alter- 
nating with fertile vales, the finest for cultivation and dairy farming. 
The place has fine schools and churches, a savings bank, excellent 
boating, fishing, bathing and gunning in season. The ocean outlooks 
are superb. Building lots, from $200 to $300, according to location. 
Three mails daily, and telegraph. 

One of the famous localities of the coast for coot shooting in 
season. The place is rapidly increasing, and as a summer resort has 
acquired a first-class reputation. No better on the coast for permanent 
home. 



EGYPT. 

A Scituate village. Popu- 
lation, about 300. Schools 
and churches in village and 
Scituate town. Two mails 
daily. Prices for building lots, 
from $150 to $500. As a sura- 
mering-place, Egypt has many 

attractions of land and ocean scenery, etc., and the place is growing. 

General farming. [See Scituate.] 



25 miles from Boston. 




6 trains from Boston, week 


days. 


5 trains to Boston, week days. 


1 train each way, Sundays 




Season Ticket, 3 mos 


$31. OO 


Five-trip Ticket 


. 2.45 


Round trip (summer) 


l.OO 




.55 





SEA VIEW. 



A village of Marshfleld, com- 
manding a fine view of the bay, 
as indicated by its name. 
Fine sanitary conditions. Two 
hotels; one large. Mails, two; 
telegraph and telephone. Fine 
boating and fishing in river 
and bay. Excellent spring water 



31 miles from Boston. 
6 trains from Boston, week 
6 trains to Boston, week ds 
1 train each way, Sundays. 
Season Ticket, 3 mos 


days. 

tys. 

$35. OO 

3.10 

1.25 

.73 


Round trip (summer) . . . 









[See Marshfield.~\ 



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NORTH SCITUATE. 

A shore village of great 
attraction, with largely aug- 
mented population in sum- 
mer. Scituate contains ten 
schools and Ave churches, — 
Orthodox, Baptist, Methodist, 
Catholic and Unitarian. Excel- 
lent accommodations for summer sojourners. Neighborhood growing. 
Telegraph. Four mails daily. Building lots, from $10 to .$500. The 
town is built near the bay shore, and affords fine boating, bathing and 
fishing. Sanitary conditions are of the best. The South Shore, 
from Cohasset to Plymouth, is unsurpassed for the natural product, 
'■ Irish moss," which is found in great abundance along the whole 
Scituate frontier. 



24 miles from Boston. 
6 trains fi om Boston, week days. 
6 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 
Season Ticket, 3 mos $30. OO 


Round trip (summer) 




.95 
.52 





SCITUATE. 

A quiet, old shore town. 
finely situated i'«>r summering 
places, and looking out upon 
the bay through a wide harbor- 
mouth near at hand. The 
Scituate shores rise into a suc- 
cession of four sand -cliffs, 
numbered consecutively, and forming landmarks for mariners, as well 
as objects of interest in scenery. Fine bay fishing and boating, and 
gunning for sea-fowl. Building land, from $100 to $1,600 per acre. A 
place of large resort for well-to-do people in summer, and some fine 
estates. Five per cent on mortgages. Excellent sanitary conditions. 
Two mails daily, and telegraph. Ten schools and live churches. 
Fine situations for summer camping on or near beaches. 



27 miles from Boston. 
6 trains from Boston, -week days. 
6 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 
Season Ticket, 3 mos $32. OO 


Round trip (summer) 


1.05 

fiO 





CREENBUSH. 

A village of Scituate. Popu- 
lation, about 250. The well, 
near the " wide - spreading 
pond," which inspired Samuel 
Woodworth to write the " Old 
Oaken Bucket," is upon an 
estate in this village, and 
purest water, "dripping with coolness" in summer time, as he 
described it, can be found in every part. Dairy and general 
farming. Fresh water and ocean fishing and gunning. Land $200 
per acre. Good hotels and accommodations for summer sojourners. 
[See Scituate. ] 



28 miles from Boston. 
6 trains from Boston, week da 
6 trains to Boston, week days 
1 train each way, Sundays. 
Season Ticket, 3 mos $33 


VS. 

oo 

80 
lO 
65 


Round trip (summer) 


1 







L>7 



EAST MARSHFIELD. 



One of the pleasantest vil- 
lages of the " South Shore," 
fine hill sites and woods drives, 
and within easy walking dis- 
tance of the seashore. Good 
fishing and gunning. A farm- 
ing section. Two mails daily ; 
telegraph. [See Marshfield.] 



30 miles from Boston. 
6 trains from Boston, week days. 
6 trains to Boston, •week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $34. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3.00 

Round trip (summer) 1.20 

Fare, one way .70 



MARSHFIELD OENTRE. 



32 miles from Boston. 
5 trains from Boston, week days. 
5 trains to Boston, -week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $36. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3.25 

Fare, one way 75 



A village of Marshfield, 
having the characteristics of 
that town. Fine scenery. 
Building lands, from $10 to 
$200 per acre. Good fishing, 
gunning and bathing. Grow- 
ing as a summering -place. 



34 miles from Boston. 




6 trains from Boston, week 


days. 


6 trains to Boston, week days. 


1 train each way, Sundays. 




Season Ticket, 3 mos 


.$36.00 


Five-trip Ticket 


. 3.45 


Round trip (summer) 


. 1.40 




.80 





Population, about 200. [See Marshfield.'] 

MARSHFIELD. 

A farming town of 1,800 
inhabitants, finely situated and 
bordering on the ocean. Made 
up of five or six villages, one 
of which contained the home 
of Daniel Webster. The town 
has nine schools, six churches, 
representing the Orthodox, Unitarian, Methodist and Baptist denomina- 
tions. It has half a dozen not very large but first-class hotels, and 
unusually fine accommodations for summer sojourners. Telegraph 
facilities, and two mails each way daily. Excellent land for building 
lots, summer estates or farming may be had, the range of prices being 
from a few dollars to $1,000 per acre, according to situation. 

A summer colony occupies a hamlet of buildings erected along the 
shore near Brant Rock (four miles from village), and these shore 
buildings may be extended indefinitely, with great variety of site over- 
looking the ocean. Bathing and boating of superlative quality. A 
great resort for sportsmen, both for gunning and fishing. The 
"Webster Farm" or homestead is still a great attraction for visitors 
and tourists. Three resident physicians. The celebrated "Brant 
Rock," a noted gunning station and one of the most famous points 
of the bay, is washed by ocean waters near the Marshfield shore, 
and attracts thousands of visitors yearly. The scenery of the Marsh- 
field villages is of the finest New England type, —hill, meadow, woods, 
and an ocean shore of miles in extent. Twelve miles to Plymouth. 



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DESIGN NO. 517. 

By the Co-operative Building Plan Association, Architects. 

Size of structure: Front, 24 ft., G in.; extreme width, 32 ft.; side, 
not including veranda, 45 ft. 

Accommodations : Vestibule, hall, pantries and four rooms on the 
first floor; bath and five rooms on the second floor; two bedrooms in 
the attic; cellar under the whole house. 

Height of stories: Cellar, 6 ft., 6 in.; first story, 9 ft.; second 
story. 8 ft.. 3 in.; attic, 7 ft. 

Materials: Foundation, stone and brick; first story, clapboards; 
second story, shingles; roof, shingles. 

Cost about $3,800. Floor plans and further information about this 
design may be obtained by applying to the Co-operative Building Plan 
Association, Architects, G3 Broadway, New York. 



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WEBSTER PLACE. 



37 miles from Boston. 
3 trains from Boston, week days. 
3 trains to Boston, -week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $36. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3.65 

Round trip (summer) 1.45 

Fare, one way 85 



A station near the former 
residence of Daniel Webster. 
Near the Webster homestead 
was the home of Adelaide 
Phillipps, and also the ancient 
residence of Gov. Winslow, of 
the Pilgrim Colony. Daniel 
Webster was very fond of rural life, fishing and hunting, and found 
here full satisfaction in these directions. The place is near the sea- 
shore and the famous Brant Rock, and has good accommodations 
for summer visitors. Prices for building lots, from $20 to $200. [See 
Marshfield.'] 

DUXBURY. 



38 miles from Boston. 
4 trains from Boston, week days. 
4 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $36. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3.70 

Round trip (summer) 1.50 

Fare, one way .90 



A town of large historic 
associations with ' ' Old Colony 
times." Finely situated on 
bay and harbor shores, with 
succession of beaches. The 
outlooks in any direction, and 
especially seaward, are superb, 
and the sanitary conditions of the place are excellent. A noted sum- 
mer resort, and desirable as a permanent home for people of means. 
Commanding views of Plymouth shores, and is distant from that town 
about eight miles. Excellent accommodations for summer visitors. 
Land in lots to suit purchasers on most favorable terms. The best of 
Ashing and gunning. This section of the Old Colony was allotted to 
John Alden, the youngest of the Pilgrims, and an old house of his is 
standing here, built 225 years ago. Has some fine estates and resi- 
dences. Ten schools and Partridge Academy; four churches. From 
five per cent on mortgages. Two mails daily, and telegraph. Here 
is the landing-place of the French cable. Population, about 2,000. 



SOUTH DUXBURY. 

A village of Duxbury. The 
residence of Capt. Myles Stan- 
dish, in "good Old Colony 
times." The " Standish Monu- 
ment " is partly finished, on the 
summit of " Captain's Hill." 
From Captain's Hill fine out- 
looks are obtained, including the bay and its shores in all directions, 
and a full view of Plymouth Harbor and shores, enabling one to trace 



39 miles from Boston. 
4 trains from Boston, week 
4 trains to Boston, week ds 
1 train each way, Sundays. 
Season Ticket, 3 mos 


days, 
lys. 

.$36.00 

. 3.70 

. 1.50 

.90 


Round trip (summer) 





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the course of the " Mayflower," of Pilgrim memory, from the outer- 
most point of Cape Cod to her anchorage in the " Cowyard," oft* 
Plymouth. The historic associations of all this section are abundant, 
and full of interest. This village is overlooking and near the ocean 
shores, and a most delightful summer residence. Boating, bathing and 
Ashing are in perfection, while within easy driving distance are 
Plymouth and all the celebrated centres of interest in the "Old 
Colony." This is a place of large resort in summer. [/See DuxburyJ] 

ISLAND CREEK. 



A village of Duxbury. Its 
attractions are of woods and 
seashore, and lino drives to 
numerous accessible points of 
historic and scenic importance. 
It lias some fine ponds, and 
affords both salt-water and 

fresh-water Ashing. Accommodations in private families for summer 

sojourners. [See Duxbury.} 



41 miles from Boston. 
3 trains from Boston, -week days. 
3 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $36. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3.75 

Fare, one way .95 




THE OLD OAKEN BLCKET. 



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PIA^TASKET BEACH. 



HULL. 

Nantasket Beach is a great natural breakwater, which, beginning at 
a point on the South Shore near the dividing line between Hingham 
and Cohasset, runs northward and westward for about four miles, 
completely protecting the lower Boston Harbor, and by its near 
approach to the Brewsters and other islands, being a chief factor in 
forming that harbor's mouth. The promontory itself is of the usual 
formation of the Massachusetts sand beaches, presenting a slightly 
curving, regular water-line on the ocean side, while the inner shores 
are broken and indented in outline. The width of the promontory is 
nowhere greater than a few hundred yards, and is usually considerably 
less than that, the sand dunes and surfaces arching towards the central 
line for the entire length, in a few notable instances rising into 
hills of commanding altitude ; and the spur terminates in a series of 
hills and a broadly expanded " point" at its western extremity. 

Among the hills just above referred to as marking the western 
extremity of the promontory, the village of Hull nestles, cosy, 
picturesque, and with the perfection of summer situation. The hill- 
sides are green and inviting in summer time, and from their sloping 
ascents and rounded summits magnificent outlooks are permanent 
features, their variety unbounded, and secured by simply making 
changes in standpoint. The views are of land and ocean scenery, or 
of the two commingled, the North Shore as far as Marblehead and the 
South Shore to Cohasset presenting their unrivalled attractions ; while 
the islands of Boston Harbor, and dotted along the coast the bays 
and indentations next the main land west and south, and the 
animation of the scene afforded by the myriad of marine craft always 
in sight, the circling, screaming sea-fowl, and the passing trains and 
evidences of the occupations of humanity inland, render the situation 
and its surroundings of superlative attraction. 

Hull is reached both by steamboat from Boston and by a line of 
railroad (the Nantasket Beach Railroad, — operated by the Old Colony), 
which, leaving the South Shore Branch of the Old Colony road at a 
point in East Hingham eighteen miles from Boston, runs down the 
centre of the promontory for its entire length, its terminus station 
being found in front of the great hotel at Point Pembertou (Windmill 
Point), the " jumping-off place." 



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s?tw. xne place is growing, 



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THE PLYMOUTH ROAD, 

Including the Hanover Branch. 



The line running nearly central through Plymouth County from 
Boston to Plymouth (via South Braintree and "the Abingtons,") is 
one of the oldest constructed of the Old Colony system, having been 
opened to Plymouth in 1845. From Braintree to Kingston this line is 
inland, the stations being from three to eight miles from the sea-shore, 
the latter, however, being at all points easy of access. The sections 
traversed are of pleasantly quiet, country scenes, with evidences of 
thrift and advancement on every hand, the manufacturing predominat- 
ing over the farming and husbandry interests. The region is mostly 
very desirable for permanent homes, communication with the cities 
being excellent, and opportunity afforded for great diversity of occupa- 
tion. The homes of great numbers of people doing business in 
Boston are to be found along this line. The Hanover Branch line is a 
short spur of the Old Colony, serving the towns of Rockland and 
Hanover. 

SOUTH WEYMOUTH. 



15 miles from Boston. 
9 trains from Boston, week days. 
8 trains to Boston, -week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $19.50 

Five-trip Ticket 1 .45 

Fare, one way .33 



Population, about 3,000. 
Five schools and four churches, 
— Universalist, Orthodox and 
Catholic. Two hotels; good 
accommodations for summer 
residents and sojourners. Six 
mails daily ; telegraph and tele- 
phone. Average price for building lots, $250. Pond fishing and 
gunning in season. A growing neighborhood, and some fine estates. 
Secret societies, — Masons, Odd Fellows, Golden Cross. Five per 
cent on mortgages. Water and tire departments. A " shoe town," 
witli many residents doing business in Boston. [See Weymouth.'] 

NORTH ABINCTON. 

A village of Abington. 
Population, 1,800. Northern 
terminus of Hanover Branch 
of Old Colony Railroad. A 
shoe manufacturing centre. 
Building lots, from $200 to 
$400. The place is growing, 



18 miles from Boston. 










8 trains from Boston, 


week 


days. 


8 trains to Boston, week 


days. 




Season Ticket, 3 mos 






.$22 


oo 








1 


85 










40 









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and has some fine buildings. One and one-half miles to main village of 
Abington. Six miles to Brockton. [See Abington.} 



ROCKLAND. 



A town adjoining Abington 
on the east; formerly "East 
Abington." Population, about 
5,000. Hotels and private 
boarding-houses. A "shoe 
town." the manufacture of 
boots and shoes forming the 
principal industry. Three mails daily: telegraph and telephone. A 
savings bank. Prices for building lots, from $200 to $1,000. Good 
water supply and lire department. Six per cent on mortgages. 



19 miles from Boston, on Hanover Br. 
8 trains from Boston, week days. 
8 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $24. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 2.00 

Fare, one way .45 



HANOVER. 



26 miles from B ston, on Hanover Br. 
8 trains from Boston, week days. 
8 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $32. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 2.75 

Fare, one way 60 



A farming village, in tin- 
centre of Plymonth County. 
Good fishing in North River 
and ponds. A growing town, 
with some tine residences. 
Population, about 2.000. lias 
an academy, eight public 
schools and three churches, prices for building lots, from si 00 to 
$500. Pine drives and good gunning near by. Two mails daily; 
telegraph and telephone. Pour miles from South Scituate (sea-shore). 
A manufacturing centre. Hanover and Rockland are on the " Hanover 
Branch" of the Old Colony Railroad, the junction being at North 
Abington. 

ABINGTON. 



19 miles from Boston. 
8 trains from Boston, week days. 
8 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $24. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 2.00 

Fare, one way 45 



A manufacturing and gen- 
eral farming town in the 
centre of Plymouth County. 
Population, 4,000. Abington 
lias a line lake, park and grove, 
and is in the midst of attrac- 
tive country scenes. Excellent 
water and efficient fire department. Building lots, from $150 to §500. 
Some fine estates, and the place is growing. One national and savings 
bank. It was in Abington, not long since, that gold deposits were 
thought to have been found, of sufficient value to render mining 
practical, and experimental operations in this direction are still going 
forward there. Boots and shoes and some general manufacturing. 



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DESIGN No. 457. 

By the Co-operative Building Plan Association, Architects. 

Size of structure: Front, 27 ft., 6 in.; width through dining- 
room and kitchen, 35 ft. ; side, 43 ft., not including front veranda. 

Accommodations : Hall, pantries and four rooms on the first floor ; 
bath and five bedrooms on the second floor ; two rooms in the attic ; 
cellar under the whole house. 

Height of stories : Cellar, 6 ft., 6 in. ; first story, 9 ft., 6 in. ; second 
story, 9 ft. ; attic story, 8 ft. 

Materials: Foundation, brick wall; first story, clapboards; second 
story, shingles ; roof, shingles. 

Cost, about $4,000. Floor plans and further information may be 
obtained free, by applying to the Co-operative Building Plan Associa- 
tion, Architects, 63 Broadway, New York. 



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WHITMAN. 



21 miles from Boston. 
9 trains from Boston, week days. 
8 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $26. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 2. 25 

Fare, one way 50 



A manufacturing town, of 
about 4,000 population. One 
of the largest tack and small 
nail manufactories in the 
country is h e r e situated. 
Twelve schools, five churches ; 
good hotels and boarding- 
houses. Building lots, from §250 to $600. The place is lively and 
growing, and has some line residences. Water and Are departments. 
Whitman was formerly a part of Abington, and was then known as 
South Abington. It became an independent municipalty, with its 
present name, in 1875. Its situation is among tine rural and country 
scenes, and the place is desirable for summer or permanent residence. 
Might miles to sea-shore ( Marshfield). Eastern terminus of Brockton 
& Bridgewater Branches, known as the " Tan Handle." 



SEASIDE. 



The line between Plymouth 
and Kingston runs through 
Seaside, the village being 
mainly on the Plymouth side. 
Population, about "><><>. Two 
schools, and a Union chapel. 
Overlooks Plymouth and Dux- 
bury harbors, and the hay. Good boating, bathing, fishing and gun- 
ning. .Near the harhor shore. Contains the largesl cordage works 
(Plymouth side) in the country. Small farming. Two miles to Plym- 
outh main village. [See J'hini<>/i/!i and l\in<iston.~\ 



35 miles from Boston via Abington. 
44 miles from Boston via South Shore. 

6 trains from Boston, week days. 

7 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $40.00 

Five-trip Ticket 4.25 

Fare, one "way .90 



PLYMPTON. 



A rural district, devoted to 
general farming. Population, 
COO to 700. Two churches, 
four schools, variety store, etc. 
Ten miles to Plymouth. Build- 
ing lots, from §75 to $100. 
Good pond fishing and gunning 
in season. Two mails each way daily. A secluded, quiet, restful 
neighborhood, with excellent sanitary conditions. In this town is the 
beautiful Silver Lake, much frequented in summer by picnic and 
society excursions, and one of the finest inland water sheets in Mass- 
achusetts. Its waters border upon three Plymouth County towns. 



30 miles from Boston. 






3 trains from Boston, 


week days. 


4 trains to Boston, week 


days. 


Season Ticket, 3 mos 




... $35.00 


Five-trip Ticket 




... 3.35 






70 





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NORTH HANSON. 



A pleasing country town, 
on the direct line of the Old 
Colony system leading to Plym- 
outh. A general farming- 
district. Has good fresh-water 
fishing and woods drives in 
any direction. Building lots 
may be obtained at low cost. Private families afford ample accom- 
modations for summer sojourners. Excellent water. The town has 
about 2,000 population. Two mails daily. 

SOUTH HANSON. 



23 miles from Boston. 

3 trains from Boston, week days. 

4 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $30.00 

Five-trip Ticket 2.55 

Fare, one way 55 



25 miles from Boston. 
4 trains from Boston, -week days. 
4 trains to Boston, week da; s. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $31. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 2.75 

Fare, one way , 60 



A district devoted to gen- 
eral farm i ng , — qu i et , ru ral , 
and country scenes. Popula- 
tion, 1,500. Hanson has nine 
schools and three churches, 
Orthodox, Baptist and Metho- 
dist. Good accommodations 

with private families for summer sojourners. Land, $100 per acre. 

Gunning for small game in season, and good fresh-water fishing. 

Excellent water. This is a typical New England country village. 

HALIFAX. 



A quiet, country, Old Colony 
town of 550 inhabitants, de- 
voted to farming. Four 
schools, three churches. 
Prices for building land, from 
$50 to $100. Ten miles to 
Plymouth; six miles to sea- 
shore. Halifax has some fine ponds, with excellent gunning for 
geese and ducks in season, and good fishing. 



28 miles from Boston. 

3 trains from Boston, -week days. 

4 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $33. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3.15 

Fare, oneway 65 



KINGSTON. 



33 miles from Boston via Abington. 

42}£ miles from Boston via South Shore. 
8 trains from Boston, week days. 
8 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $36. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3. 75 

Round trip (summer) 1.50 

Fare, one way 80 



A shore town, its port con- 
necting with the harbor by 
Jones River. Population, 1,(300. 
Six schools, four churches. 
A growing wealthy village, 
with some fine estates. Ex- 
cellent for summer or per- 
drives in all directions. Four miles to 
Building lots, from ,$100 to $400. 



manent residence. Fine 

Plymouth ; four miles to Duxbury. 

Some general farming. Fire department and high-service water 



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PLYMOUTH. 



37 miles from Boston, via direct line. 

46 miles from Boston, via South Shore. 
8 trains from Boston, daily. 
8 trains to Boston, daily. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 ncos $40.00 

Five- trip Ticket 4.25 

Excursion Ticket (summer) 1.50 
Fare, one -way .90 



Ancient historic town, land- 
ing-place of the Pilgrims. 
Population, upwards of 7,000. 
Territory eighteen miles long, 
and from four to nine miles in 
width. Pine harbor and bay 
in front. Cape Cod visible in 
clear weather. Rolling country, with great numbers of fine ponds. 
Boating, fishing in salt or fresh water. Gunning, bathing, driving or 
excursions of superlative quality. Excellent building sites in infinite 
variety. Two national banks, two savings banks, one co-operative 
bank, safe deposit vaults, etc. Steam fire department. Large and 
varied manufacturing interests. The duck for the sails of the Burgess 
yacht " Volunteer " was made here. One of the best water systems 
of the country, with finest water. Gas and electric lighting in village. 
County seat. Pinest county buildings in the State. Twelve churches, 
thirty -two public schools, eight hotels, and numerous boarding-houses. 
A free public library. Electric street railway. Land in large or small 
lots at very reasonable prices and terms. All conveniences and attri- 
butes of a large city in main village, with mosl complete conditions for 
country life near at hand. Apart from historic associations, Plymouth 
is of the utmost attractiveness through natural situation, having up- 
wards of thirty miles of winding coast line. For healthful air, pure 
water, and all sanitary conditions, and facilities for summer enjoyment, 
it is unsurpassed in the country. Here may lie found complete soli- 
tude, by sea or pond shores, in forest depths, or anion-- hills most 
picturesquely situated; or the dweller may find delightful local ions 
where town and country life are separated by only a few minutes' 
driving, and either can be enjoyed at will. Visitors from every part 
of the country and the world sojourn or visit Plymouth during sum- 
mer, and the place is the growing resort of wealthy and distinguished 
people. Within the past few years upwards of two hundred deer have 
been killed in Plymouth and Sandwich woods in a single season. The 
only woods in Massachusetts where deer are found. 

Among the public attractions of Plymouth is Forest Park, a diver- 
sified tract of about one hundred acres of wild woodlands and beautiful 
lakes. It is situated about a mile and a half from the railroad depot, 
and is a pleasant drive for one or two hours. Several hours may be 
enjoyed in walking through the newly opened paths which lead to the 
most attractive parts of this natural park, and in gathering wild flow- 
ers and fruits by the way. 



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THE OLD ROAD," 

And Brockton and Easton Branches. 



Another of the older sections of the Old Colony Railroad is that 
described on the map running from South Braintree to Middleboro' 
(via Brockton and Bridge water) , and from thence via Myricks to Fall 
River. This was for many years the route of the steamboat trains in 
connection with the " Fall River Line" between Boston and New 
York, which trains now take the shorter line between South Braintree 
and Fall River via Taunton. The "old road" traverses the finest 
farming sections of southeastern Massachusetts, and also those con- 
taining the most notable ancient manufacturing establishments in the 
country. The whole region is thickly settled, of great natural attrac- 
tions, and very desirable for permanent homes. The Old Colony 
Railroad is developing it in every part with great rapidity. 

HOLBROOK. 

Population, about 2,500. 
Six schools, and Congrega- 
tionalist, Baptist, Methodist 
and Catholic churches. Free 
public library. An inland 
country village. Average 

prices for building lots, $500. 
Three mails daily. A shoe manufacturing town. Franklin Street, 
running north and south upon high ground, shows a number of fine 
old estates, and is very picturesque. 



15 miles from Boston. 




11 trains from Boston, week 


days. 


11 trains to Boston, week days. 


1 train each way, Sundays. 




Season Ticket, 3 mos 


.$19.50 




1.40 




.30 





AVON. 



Formerly East S tough ton. 
A growing neighborhood. 
Population, about 1,200. Range 
of prices for building lots, 
low. A line of street railway 
connects this village with 
Brockton, three and one-half 
miles. Two miles to Randolph. A country village, with shoe manu- 
facturing. The surrounding scenery is of hilly and picturesque situa- 
tiens, presenting fine sanitary conditions. 



17 miles from Boston. 

1 1 trains from Boston, week days. 

lO trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $21. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 1.65 

Fare, one way. .37 



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18 miles from Boston. 

7 trains from Boston, week days. 

8 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $24.00 

Five-trip Ticket 1.80 

Fare, one way 40 



MONTELLO. 

A suburb .of Brockton. 
Montello has some good mar- 
ket and dairy farms, and con- 
siderable attention is here 
given to general farming. The 
village is on high ground, has 
fine spring water, and sanitary 
conditions here are in every respect excellent. The manufacture of 
shoes is extensively carried on here. One and a half miles from 
Brockton centre. Building lots, from $100 to $1,000. Good accom- 
modations for summer visitors, and the place is desirable for 
permanent home. Three mails daily; free mail delivery. [See 
Brockton.'] 

BROCKTON. 

A city of 24,000 inhabitants. 
Brockton is the largest pro- 
ducer of men's and boys' shoes 
in the world. A city of tre- 
mendous energy and enter- 
prise, with wide-awake, stir- 
ring men and women, as the 
rule, in all departments. Growth unexampled in southeastern Mass- 
achusetts, and rarely equalled in New England. All city establishments 
of best modern provision. Telegraph and telephone ; gas and electric 
lights ; water and lire departments, etc. Good public schools ; one 
parochial and one kindergarten. Five churches, good hotels, national, 
savings and co-operative banks. Building lots, from $500. Many line 
estates. Interest on mortgages from four and one-half to five and 
one-half per cent. Brockton's assessed valuation increased from 
$5,075,871, in 1880, to $14,515,447, in 1887. Horse railroad lines to 
suburbs and to Avon. This city has a very lucrative country trade. 
Brockton bore the name of " North Bridgewater " until 1874. Here is 
the terminus of the Brockton and Whitman (Pan Handle) Branch, and 
the Easton Branch of the Old Colony Railroad. Brockton has excellent 
" Fair Grounds," and its annual " cattle shows," or agricultural fairs, 
are among the most successful in the country. 



20 miles from Boston. 

14 trains from Boston, jveek days. 

14 trains to Boston, week days. 
2 trains each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $24.00 

Five-trip Ticket 2.00 

Fare, one way 45 



CAMPELLO 

Campello is the southern- 
most section of the city of 
Brockton, and has a popula- 
tion of about 5,500. Here are a 
large number of shoe manu- 
facturing shops, and the busi- 
ness interests of the place are 



21 miles from Boston. 

1 1 trains from Boston, week days. 

1 1 trains to Boston, week days. 
2 trains each "way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $26. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 2.25 

Fare, one way 50 



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extensive and thriving. It has two good hotels and numerous boarding- 
houses. Building lots may be had at prices ranging from $400 to 
$2,500. A co-operative bank. Campello is growing rapidly. It is 
connected with the central portion of Brockton by both steam and 
horse railroad, and its nearness to the centre renders available for its 
citizens all the Brockton city establishments. [See Brockton.'] 

MATFIELD. 

A village of Bridgewater. 
Population, about 100. Build- 
ing land, $50 to $200 per 
acre. A section devoted to 
general farming. A quiet, 
country place. [See Bridge- 
water.'] 



24 miles from Boston. 
5 trains from Boston, week days. 
5 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $30. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 2.50 

Fare, one-way .55 



TITICUT. 



Devoted to general farming 
and rural pursuits. Population, 
about 600. Here is situated 
one of the State farms. The 
village is growing, has some 
fine residences, and offers many 
attractions for summer so- 
journers seeking country scenes 
fishing. [See Middleboro'.'] 



31 miles from Boston. 




6 trains from Boston, week 


days. 


5 trains to Boston, week days. 


1 train each way, Sundays. 




Season Ticket, 3 mos 


$35.00 


Five-trip Ticket 


3.40 


Fare, one way 


.70 



Good grinning and fresh-water 



MIDDLEBORO'. 



35 miles from Boston. 
9 trains from Boston, week days. 
9 trains to Boston, week days. 
2 trains each -way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $36. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3.75 

Fare, one way 80 



A fine general farming town, 
marking the beginning of the 
Cape Cod Division of the Old 
Colony Railroad. Population, 
about 5,100. Excellent public 
schools, besides Eaton Family 
School and Pratt Free School. 
Churches, — three Baptist, three Congregational, two Methodist and 
one Catholic. A savings bank. A manufacturing town. Good hotels 
and boarding-houses. Building lots, from $50 to $1,000. The 
Nantasket River, Assawamsett Pond, and several lesser fresh-water 
collections afford fine fishing and diversify the scenery. Assawamsett 
Pond is the largest sheet of fresh water in the State. The town has 
interesting historic associations, and was the scene of some of Myles 
Standish's most daring exploits. Fifteen miles to Plymouth and the 
sea-shore. Excellent for summer or permanent residence. A growing 
place, with many fine estates and dwellings. From Middleboro' the ' ' Old 
Road" continues, via Myrick's, to terminus in Fall River. Middleboro' 
is also a terminus of the Middleboro', Taunton & Providence Branch 
of the Old Colony Railroad. 



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LAKEVILLE. 



36 miles from Boston. 
3 trains from Boston, -week days. 
3 trains to Boston, -week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $38. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3.00 

Fare, one way 85 



A beautiful chain of lakes 
and ponds lying within and 
about the borders of this town 
lias given its name. Lakeville 
is one of the finest of inland 
summer resorts and dwelling- 
places. Assawamsett Pond, 
three by five miles in extent, abounds in excellent fish, including land- 
locked salmon and black bass. It is in the •heart" of the region 
made famous by the early Indian wars and associations, and some 
most exciting transactions took place upon it> waters or around them. 
All tin 1 waters of the town abound in fish. The finest facilities for 
camping parties — clubs, families or individuals — are here naturally 
provided. Tor rural scenes, nail, restful country life and health- 
giving situations and occupations, no country resort can surpass this. 
About 1,200 population; 170 farms. 



ACUSH^ET. 



A very pleasant town, one • 
a part of Fairhaven, and a su' - 
urb of New Bedford; popula- 
tion, about 1,500. Acushnet 
River Hows centrally through 
tin' place towards the south. 
Mendell's Hill is 146 feet high, 
and was selected as one of the stations for the State's trigonometrical 
survey. Here is the New Bedford reservoir, occupying 280 acres. 
Considerable farming and market gardening. Excellent situations for 
suburban homes here. 



54 miles from Boston. 
4 trains from Boston, week dayc. 
4 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $50.00 

Five-trip Ticket 5. 75 

Fare, one way 1.30 



ASSONET. 



Assonet is a village of Free- 
town, and a station of the Old 
Colony li.li. Freetown has a 
population of about 1,500; its 
principal business, farming 
(market gardening and cran- 
berry raising). Considerable 
lumbering. Assonet Bay is a fine sheet of water, especially attractive 
in summer. The native place of Marcus Morton and W. Pt. Alger. 
Both Freetown and Lakeville are near New Bedford, and consequently 
all the advantages of that port are available, and its beautiful shores 
and waters within easv reach. 



45 miles from Boston. 
3 trains from Boston, week days. 
3 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $45. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 4. 85 

Fare, one way 1 . 05 



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BRIDCEWATER. 



27 miles from Boston. 
7 trains from Boston, -week days. 
7 trains to Boston, week days. 
2 trains each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $33. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3.00 

Fare, one way 65 



One of the finest of tne 
older Plymouth County towns 
for situation and general 
features. Population, about 
4,000. An excellent farming- 
district, and the headquarters 
of the Plymouth County Agri- 
cultural Society, the second oldest organization of its kind in New 
England. A State Farm and Insane Hospital are located here, with 
buildings costing $200,000. The town has fine streets, shaded by old 
trees. Here also is one of the State Normal Schools. Excellent drives 
in all directions. Fifteen schools, six churches, good hotel, and all 
desirable facilities in business, economic and domestic departments. 
Fine public library. A savings bank. Prices for building lots, from 
$500 to $1,000. Excellent accommodations for summer sojourners, 
and the town is very desirable for permanent residence. Many fine 
estates, with modern-built houses on every hand. Three mails ; tele- 
graph and telephone. Finest water; steam fire-engine, and good 
department. This is one of the pleasantest inland towns in New 
England, with unsurpassed natural, social and economic attractions. 
Bridgewater received its name from Myles Standish, who bought its 
territory from Massasoit in 1645. 

WEST BRIDGEWATER. 



25 miles from Boston. 
4 trains from Boston, week days. 
4 trains to Boston, -week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $32. 50 

Five-trip Ticket 2.80 

Fare, one way .60 



Population, about 2,000. 
Nine schools and the Howard 
Institute for young ladies. 
Three churches, — Unitarian, 
Baptist and Methodist. Two 
mails daily ; telegraph and tele- 
phone. Building lots, from 
$200 to $500. Here are many fine farms, and the place lies in the 
midst of one of the best farming sections of southeastern Mass- 
achusetts. Good gunning and pond fishing in season. Accommoda- 
tions for summer sojourners in private families. A Farmers' Club and 
Chautauqua Circle are among the social features. 



COCHESETT. 



7 miles from Brockton. 

6 trains from Brockton, week days. 

6 trains to Brockton, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $14.00 

Fare, one way .17 



A village of West Bridge- 
water. Population, about 350. 
Devoted to dairy, market and 
general farming, the products 
finding a ready market in 
Brockton. The farms here are 
of the finest quality, and are 



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well kept and attractive. The scenery of the place is very fine, with 
river, ponds, etc., offering good fishing. A Farmers' Club. Land for 
building purposes at very low rates. Five miles to Bridgewater. [See 
West Bridgewater.} 

SEQUASSETT. 



A village of Easton ; 350 
inhabitants. A rural section, 
given to general farming. 
Pleasantly and beautifully 
situated, with quiet country 
homes. Land for building 
purposes. $100 per acre. Small 
game, and pond fishing. [See Easton.'] 



9 miles from Brockton. 

6 trains from Brockton, -week days. 

6 trains to Brockton, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $15. OO 

Fare, one -way .22 



SOUTH EASTON. 



9 miles from Brockton. 

6 trains from Brockton, week days. 

6 trains to Brockton, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $16. OO 

Fare, one way .22 



An Easton village; one mile 
from Easton, and nine miles 
from Brockton. Population, 
500; devoted to dairy and mar- 
ket farming. The scenery is 
attractive, and some mineral 
springs are to be found here. 



Building lots from $100 to $500. | Set Easton.'] 



EAST BRIDGEWATER. 



25 miles from Boston, on the Pan 
Handle Branch. 
6 trains from Boston, -week-days. 
6 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $33. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 2.75 

Fare, one -way..... .60 



Population, about 3,000. A 
farming and manufacturing 
town, pleasantly situated, and 
with many natural attractions. 
An excellent country locality 
for summering or permanent 
residence. Good roads, good 
schools, pleasant drives. Building lots, from slOO to $500. Good 
gunning for small game; and fresh-water fishing in numerous ponds in 
the vicinity. The place is growing, and has some line modern-built 
dwellings. A savings bank. Mortgages, six per cent. In 1740, Hugh 
Orr erected a trip-hammer here, on Matfield River, and in 1748 made 
500 muskets, the first ever made in America. In the Revolution great 
numbers of iron and brass cannon and of cannon-balls were made 
here for the Continentals. 



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ELMWOOD. 



26 miles from Boston on the 


Pan 


Handle Branch. 




6 trains from Boston, -week 


days. 


6 trains to Boston, week days. 


Season Ticket, 3 mos 


.$33.00 








.63 





A village of East Bridge- 
water. Population, about 400. 
Fine country scenes and quiet 
neighborhood. Building lots, 
from .$200 to $500. One and a 
quarter miles to East Bridge- 
water main village. [See East 



JBridgetcater.'} 



SATUCKET. 



A West Bridgewater village, 
in the midst of a farming dis- 
trict. Quiet, rural, and desir- 
able as a " country home." 
Building lots, from $200 to 
$500. Small game in plenty. 
Good water and excellent sani- 
itary conditions. [See West Bridgewater.'] 



25 miles from Boston. 

6 trains from Boston, week days. 

7 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos .$31.00 

Five-trip Ticket 2. 80 

Fare, one way 60 




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^*^J 




DESIGN No. 300. 



By the Co-operative Building Plan Association, Architects. 



Size of structure: Front, 25 ft., 8 in. ; including side wings and 
bay-window, 38 It.: side, 48 ft., 6 in.: including veranda. 56 ft.. (5 in. 

Accommodations: Vestibule, hall, pantries and four rooms on the 
first floor: bath, closets, dressing-room and four rooms on the second 
floor; two large rooms and a store-room in the attic. 

Height of stories: Cellar. 7 ft.; first story. 9ft, I in.; second 
story. 8 ft., f in. ; third story, 8 ft. 

Materials: Foundation, stone and brick; first story, clapboards: 
second story, clapboards ; gables, half timbered, cement and shingles ; 
roof, shingles. 

Cost, about $4,500. Floor plans and further information about this 
design maybe obtained free by applying to the Co-operative Building 
Plan Association. Architects, 63 Broadway, New York. 



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DESIGN No. 504. 

By the Co-operative Building Plan Association, Architects. 

Size of structure : Front, including veranda, 36 ft. ; side, 48 ft. 

Height of stories : Cellar, 7 ft. ; tirst story, 9 ft., 6 in. ; second story. 
9 ft. ; attic, 8 ft. 

Materials : Foundations, stone and brick ; first story, clapboarded ; 
second story, shingled ; roof, slate. 

Special features : The fireplace, seat and window under the stairs 
are attractive features of the hall. Sliding doors connect the principal 
rooms. Open fireplaces throughout. The first-story rooms have inside 
blinds; elsewhere, outside blinds. Mantels to the value of $165 are 
provided ; tile hearths to the value of $48. Two of the large bedrooms 
in the second story have stationary wash-basins and running water. 

Cost, about $5,500. Floor plans and further information about 
this design may be obtained by applying to the Co-operative Building 
Plan Association, 63 Broadway, New York. 



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51 



THE NEW ROAD.' 



The "New Road," as the line of the Old Colony Railroad system 
connecting South Braintree with Fall River via Taunton is called, — to 
distinguish it from the " Old Road," already referred to in this volume, 
— traverses sections largely manufacturing, at least for the portion 
between South Braintree and Taunton. Immediately beyond Taunton 
are the Dighton villages, the great strawberry-raising centres of New 
England, having Somerset, with its great foundries, lying next, — the 
only remaining town before Fall River is reached. The towns on the 
"New Road" are growing and thrifty, full of life and of fine social 
elements, and the whole region is known as one of the most healthful 
in New England. Many persons doing business in Boston have per- 
manent homes in these sections. 

RANDOLPH. 



Population, about 4,000; a 
shoe manufacturing section. 
The scenery in the neighbor- 
hood of Randolph is charming, 
and the town is finely situated 
for health, pleasure and com- 
fort. Many fine estates and 
residences. Building lots, from $100 to $1,000. One national and one 
savings bank. Six per cent on mortgages. Water and fire departments. 



15 miles from Boston. 

lO trains from Boston, -week days. 
8 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $19. 50 

Five-trip Ticket 1.40 

Fare, one way 30 



STOUCHTON. 



A shoe manufacturing town. 
Population, about 6,000. Ex- 
cellent sanitary conditions and 
fine natural situation ; the high- 
est land between Boston and 
Taunton. Best of accommo- 
dations for summer sojourners. 
Some farming. A bank. Building lots, from $200 to $600. Increas- 
ing in valuation about $100,000 yearly. Some fine residences. 



19 miles from Boston. 
8 trains from Boston, week days. 
8 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $20.00 

Five-trip Ticket 1 .75 

Fare, one way 40 



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NORTH STOUCHTON. 

village 



17 miles from Boston. 
3 trains from Boston, week days. 
2 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $20.00 

Five-trip Ticket 1 .60 

Fare, one way -35 



A village of Stoughton, 
situated upon the highest land 
between Boston and Newport, 
R.L Unsurpassed for its fine 
drives and scenic attractions. 
[See Stoughton.~\ 



23 miles from Boston. 
9 trains from Boston, week days. 
8 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $25. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 2 .25 

Fare, one way .50 



NORTH EASTON 

A manufacturing and gen- 
eral farming centre. Popula- 
tion, about 3,000. Here was 
the home of Oliver and Oakes 
Ames, whose names, in connec- 
tion with the inception and 
linishing of the Union Pacific 
Railroad, the first " Pacilic railway" constructed in this country, all 
are familiar with. Their descendants have beautiful estates within the 
village. Son* of the finest buildings in the country. Excellent public 
library. Good boarding-places and accommodations for summer 
sojourners. Six per cenl to seven per cent on mortgages. A national 
and a savings hank. More than three-fifths of all the shovels made in 
the world are turned out here at the " Ames Shovel Works." 



25 miles from Boston. 
5 trains from Boston, week days. 
5 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $27. 50 

Five-trip Ticket 2.50 

Fare, one way .55 



EASTON. 

Population, 4,000. One 
national bank, one savings 
bank. Excellent sanitary con- 
ditions. The place is growing, 
and has some fine estates. A 
general farming section, with 
many attractions for summer 
and permanent residents. Building lots, from .$100 to $500. Five per 
cent to six per cent on mortgages. Junction of the Brockton & Easton 
Branch, " Shovel Handle." 

RAYNHAM. 

A farming town near Taun- 
ton, — a quiet, country village. 
Population, 1 ,500. Eight 
schools and two churches. 
Two mails daily. Land from 
$50 to $250 per acre. Raynham 
has five small lakes, and there 
is good gunning for fowl and small game. 
tary conditions. 



31 miles from Boston. 
5 trains from Boston, week days. 
5 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $30.50 

Five-trip Ticket 3. 25 

Fare, one way .70 



Excellent water and sani- 



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TAUNTON. 



36 miles from Boston. 

8 trains from Boston, week days. 

9 trains to Boston, -week days. 
3 trains from Boston, Sundays. 
2 trains to Boston, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $31. 50 

Five-trip Ticket 3. 80 

Fare, one way 85 



Taunton is one of the three 
manufacturing cities of Bristol 
County, and is situated at the 
head of navigation on the 
Taunton River, New Bedford 
and Fall River being sea-coast 
cities. Population, about 
24,000. Considerable of dairy farming is carried on in the outskirts. 
The place is finely situated, and is very attractive in summer. Direct 
railway connections with Boston, Providence, Worcester, Fall River 
and New Bedford, and a stopping station for the steamboat trains of 
the "Fall River Line." Taunton has many manufacturing establish- 
ments, — locomotive works, the largest tack manufactory in the world, 
foundries, etc., and is a thriving, growing city. Building lots, from 
$2,500 to $4,000. Very fine for permanent residence. Good gunning 
and fishing in the neighborhood. The buildings of the State Lunatic 
Asylum are near "Taunton Green," surrounded by pleasant grounds. 
Fine water-power on Taunton River, which is navigable to this place. 



40 miles from Boston. 








5 trains from Boston, 


■week days. 


6 trains to Boston, week 


days 




Season Ticket, 3 mos 




.$40 


OO 


Five-trip Ticket 




.. 4 


50 


Fare, one way 




.. 1 


OO 



DIGHTON 

A pleasant country town 
lying along the Taunton River, 
the railroad running near the 
river. The Dighton villages 
are the centre of the straw- 
berry culture f<»r the region, 
and this crop is very large 
here. From the Dighton elevations, some of the most comprehensive 
views in the State can be obtained, extending from Mount Hope, 
southward, to the Blue Hills, northward. On Assonet Neck, on the 
opposite side of the river, in the town of Berkeley, is the celebrated 
Dighton Rock, whose inscriptions in curious hieroglyphics have greatly 
puzzled antiquarians. The rock is eleven feet long, and about five feet 
high. Dighton is finely situated for rural summering, and has many 
attractive scenes. A quiet, healthful locality. 



44 miles from Boston. 

5 trains from Boston, week days. 

6 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $45.75 

Five-trip Ticket 5.00 

Fare, one way l.lO 



SOMERSET. 

A small manufacturing 
town beautifully situated at 
the junction of Taunton River 
with Mount Hope Bay. At 
this point, the Old Colony rail- 
road crosses the river on a 
bridge of modern construe- 



tion, entering the suburbs of Fall River on the other side. The town 
lies on an elevation sloping gently upward from the bay, and presents 
many situations overlooking the waters, in all directions, of rare love- 
liness. Many desirable summering-places within easy reach. The 
usual Massachusetts village features. 




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THE PROVIDENCE DIVISION. 



The consolidation of the Boston & Providence Railroad with the Old 
Colony Railroad took place early in April of the year 1888, and by 
means of this proceeding the Old Colony system received a large 
addition to its suburban homes, and the territory eligible for the foun- 
dation of the same. The new acquisition was at once denominated 
the "Providence Division" of the Old Colony road, and its operation 
begun accordingly. 

The main line of the Providence Division of this system connects 
directly the cities of Boston and Providence, and ministers to a section 
of the State of Massachusetts unsurpassed in development, material 
progress, and sanitary and community advantages. 

Abounding in beautiful scenery and natural situations, and present- 
ing almost equally the finest qualifications for fanning or manufactur- 
ing establishments, it at the same time affords varied and abundant 
locations for elegant homes, either for summer or for permanent resi- 
dence, while its facilities and advantages for persons engaged in bus- 
iness in the cities, and desiring to live "in the country," cannot be 
excelled. 

The whole section is "gridironed" by railroads, and the dweller 
may travel from thence north, east, south and west, almost at will, and 
at the smallest loss of time and expense in securing communications. 
The populations are of the most advanced New England type, and the 
communities in the forefront of the progressive march of the age and 
day. Many of the localities may be characterized as " sanitariums," so 
superior and effective are their attributes of air, water and all health- 
ful influences; while of scenic and natural attractions there is no 
lack. 

ROXBURY. 



The Roxbury district of the 
city of Boston occupies the 
hilly sites on the south and 
southwest sides of the city, 
and, like its Dorchester neigh- 
bor, is possessed of peculiarly 
attractive features. Its pres- 
ent population is about 40,000, and the district is growing rapidly. 
AVithin its limits are three banks, nineteen churches, and some of the 



2 miles from Boston. 

44 trains from Boston, week days. 

43 trains to Boston, week days. 
9 trains each way, Sundays. 

One-hundred ride Ticket $5.00 

Five-trip Ticket 25 

Fare, one way 05 



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most important and extensive manufacturing establishments and pro- 
ductive enterprises of the city. Building lots from ten cents to $5.00 
per foot, according to location. The Roxbury Highlands are among 
the pleasantest natural situations of the city, and contain hundreds of 
estates and homesteads, partaking almost equally of city and country 
attributes. The outlooks from the constantly succeeding elevations 
are often superb, and the district is very desirable for summer or per- 
manent home. Sanitary conditions of the best. 



BOYLSTON. 



A Boston suburb, adjoining 
Jamaica Plain, the characteris- 
tics being the same in both 
suburbs. Finely situated ; suc- 
cessions of hills with com- 
manding outlooks. All city 
privileges. Near West Rox- 
bury Park. Building lots from thirty cents to $1.00 per foot. 



3 miles from Boston. 

41 trains from Boston, -week days. 

40 trains to Boston, -week days. 
9 trains each -way, Sundays. 

One-hundred ride Ticket $5.00 

Five-trip Ticket 25 

Fare, one way 07 



JAMAICA PLAIN. 



4 miles 


from Boston. 




49 trains 


from Boston, week days. 


47 trains 


to Boston, week days. 




9 trains 


each way, Sundays. 




One-hundred ride Ticket ....$5 


oo 


Five -trip 
Fare, on 




25 
08 







attractive of Boston's surroundings 
formation, and the scenery varied. 
The place is growing. 

FOREST HILLS 



A suburb of Boston ; popu- 
lation, about 4,000. A loan in- 
stitution, telegraph, telephone, 
and all city privileges. Build- 
ing lots from thirty cents to 
$1.00 per foot. This suburb is 
one of the pleasantest and 
the grounds of broken and hilly 
Fine drives in the neighborhood. 



5 miles from Boston. 






41 trains from Boston, week days. 


40 trains to Boston, -week 


days. 




9 trains each -way, Sundays. 




One-hundred ride Ticket 


...$5 


75 






.30 






.09 







A Boston suburb ; popula- 
tion, about 1,000. The situa- 
tions here are very fine. 
Among the hills in the neigh- 
borhood are three of Boston's 
finest cemeteries, the well- 
known "Forest Hills" being 
within this suburb. Bussey Park and Franklin Park are in the imme- 
diate vicinity. The Bussey Institution (Agricultural Department) and 
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University are attractions of the sub- 
urbs on this side of the city. There are some fine estates in Forest 
Hills, and the section is growing rapidly. Building lots from twelve 
and one-half to twenty-five cents per foot. Four to six per cent on 
mortgages. 



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MOUNT HOPE. 



A suburb of Boston (Ward 
23). Population, about 3,000. 
A growing neighborhood, with 
many line estates and resi- 
dences. All Boston city privi- 
leges. The celebrated "Arnold 
Arboretum" forms an attrac- 
tion of this place, and there are many fine driveways, among wooded 
hills and diversified scenery, in the vicinity. For suburban residence, 
the place cannot be excelled. Building lots from one to twenty-five 
cents per foot. Five and six per cent on mortgages. Mail delivery. 



6 miles from Boston. 

23 trains from Boston, week days. 

25 trains to Boston, -week days. 
4 trains each way, Sundays. 
One-hundred ride Ticket ....$6.75 

Five-trip Ticket 35 

Fare, one way 12 



CLARENDON HILLS, 



7 miles from Boston. 

23 trains from Boston, week days. 

25 trains to Boston, week days. 
Four trains each way, Sundays. 

One hundred ride Ticket $8.50 

Five-trip Ticket 45 

Fare, one way 13 



with modern-built residences 
Park.] 

HAZELWOOD 



A village of Hyde Park ; pop- 
ulation, about 1,000. One mile 
to Hyde Park. Building lots 
from five to twelve cents per 
foot. Very attractive sites, 
and fine for summer sojourn- 
ers. Growing neighborhood, 
Six per cent on mortgages. [See Hyde 



A village of Hyde Park ; a 
growing neighborhood, excel- 
lent for summer or permanent 
homes. Building lots from 
two to fifteen cents per foot. 
[See Hyde Park.] 



7 miles from Boston. 

21 trains from Boston, week days. 

22 trains to Boston, week days. 
4 trains each way, Sundays. 

One-hundred ride Ticket $9.00 

Five-trip Ticket 50 

Fare, one way 15 



HYDE PARK. 



A manufacturing town, of 
about 9,000 inhabitants. Fine 
churches and schools, and a 
large number of organizations, 
secret and otherwise. A sav- 
ings bank and a co-operative 
bank. Average price for eli- 
lots, ten cents per foot. Interest on mortgages, from 
Excellent water and fire departments. One and 



8 miles from Boston. 

34 trains from Boston, week days. 

34 trains to Boston, week days. 
7 trains from Boston, Sundays. 
7 trains to Boston, Sundays. 

One-hundred ride Ticket $9.00 

Five-trip Ticket 50 

Fare, one way I 5 



gible buildiu 

five to six per cent 

one-half miles to Milton, two miles to Mattapan, three miles to Dedham 



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Beautiful outlooks from surrounding hills 

tions. A large number of persons doinjj 
Hyde Park. 

READVILLE. 



and fine drives in all direc- 
business in Boston reside in 



9 miles from Boston. 
31 trains from Boston, week days. 
30 trains to Boston, week days. 

5 trains from Boston, Sundays. 

6 trains to Boston, Sundays. 
One-hundred ride Ticket ....$9.00 

Five-trip Ticket 50 

Fare, one way 20 



A village of Hyde Park, 
prettily situated and a large re- 
sort for wealthy people of Bos- 
ton in summer, they owning 
many fine estates here. One 
and one-half miles to foot of 
Blue Hills of Milton ; three 
miles to summit of Blue Hills. Here is the Readville trotting park, 
having a half-mile track. Two miles to Dedham ; three miles to Milton. 
The place has about 1,000 population. Its scenery is attractive. 
General farming. Building lots from five to ten cents per foot. 
Six per cent on mortgages. Very desirable for summer or perma- 
nent home. [See Hyde Park.} 



ROSLINDALE. 



A suburb of Boston, very 
fine for summer or permanent 
home. This place is growing 
rapidly, and proves largely at- 
tractive as residence for per- 
sons doing business in Boston. 
Population, about 5,000. All 
city privileges. Building lots from six to fifteen cents per foot. 
Here is the famous Bussey Park, and the scenic attractions all about 
are noteworthy. A large number of modern-built cottages have been 
erected in Roslindale, and there remain eligible building sites for almost 
unlimited addition thereto. 



6 miles from Boston. 

20 trains from Boston, week days. 

17 trains to Boston, week days. 
5 trains each way, Sundays. 
One-hundred ride Ticket ....$6.75 

Five-trip Ticket 35 

Fare, one way 12 



HIGHLAND, 



A suburb of Boston, on the 
Dedham Branch of the Provi- 
dence Division, 0. C. K.R. 
About GOO population. The 
village is finely situated, and 
has excellent sanitary condi- 
tions. Building lots from two 
to twenty-five cents per foot. The place has many fine estates and 
modern-built residences, and is growing. Six per cent on mortgages. 
All city privileges. Two miles to Newton; two miles to Dedham. 
Gunning and fishing in the neighborhood,, 



7 miles from Boston. 

20 trains from Boston, week days. 

17 trains to Boston, week days. 
5 trains each way, Sundays. 
One-hundred ride Ticket . ...$9.00 

Five-trip Ticket 50 

Fare, one way 14 



WEST ROXBURY. 



A suburb of Boston, on the 
Declham Branch of the Provi- 
dence Division, 0. C. R.R. ; 
population, about 1,500. One 
and one-half miles to Newton ; 
two miles to Hyde Park; one 
and one-half miles to Brook- 
line. A " Boston bedroom," given largely to residences, and the homes 
of people doing business in the city proper. Pleasant and attractive 
building sites, from two cents to fifteen cents per foot. All city 
privileges. 

SPRING STREET. 



7 miles from Boston. 

20 trains from Boston, week days. 

17 trains to Boston, week days. 
5 trains each way, Sundays. 
One-hundred ride Ticket ....$9.00 

Five-trip Ticket 50 

Fare, one way 15 



8 miles from Boston. 

20 trains from Boston, week days. 

17 trains to Boston, week days. 
5 trains each way, Sundays. 
One-hundred ride Ticket ....$9.00 

Five-trip Ticket 50 

Fare, one way 15 



A Boston suburb, part of 
West Roxbury District. 
Pleasant groves and walks in 
the neighborhood of the 
Charles River. [See West Box- 
bury.'] 



DEDHAM. 



Terminus of the " Dedham 
Branch," Providence Division, 
O. C. R.R. Population, nearly 
7,000; shire town of Norfolk 
County. A fine place for per- 
manent homes. Building lots 
from five cents to fifteen cents 
per foot. Dedham has fine roads for driving, pleasing scenery and 
situations, and is attractive in many ways. Good water and fire de- 
partments. Six per cent on mortgages. Here is the old "Fairbanks 
house," built in 1636. One national and one savings bank. Consid- 
erable dairy farming at West Dedham. 



lO miles from Boston. 

35 trains from Boston, week days. 

34 trains to Boston, week days. 
© trains each way, Sundays. 
One-hundred ride Ticket .. .$10.00 

Five-trip Ticket 75 

Fare, one way .20 



CANTON. 



A beautiful country town, 
of about 5,000 population ; fine 
roads for driving, amid attrac- 
tive scenery. Excellent for 
summer residence. The situa- 
tion is hilly, and the Blue Hills 
of Milton are in full view. 
Eight public and one parochial schools, and five churches. A national 



15 miles from Boston. 

lO trains from Boston, week days. 
9 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $19. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 1.50 

Fare, one way .35 



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bank, telegraph and telephone. Building lots from $200. Canton has 
a number of fine estates and modern-built dwellings and sonic excel- 
lent farms. Six per cent on mortgages. Good fire department. The 
town is now negotiating for water-works. Four miles to Stoughton ; 
four miles to Milton : ten miles to Brockton. 



SHARON. 



18 miles from Boston. 
11 trains from Boston, week days. 
9 trains to Boston, week days. 

2 trains from Boston, Sundays. 

3 trains to Boston, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $23. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 1 . 75 

Fare, one way 40 



Sharon claims to be the 
" healthiest town in New Eng- 
land," and has much to support 
the claim. Finely situated, 
with excellent air and pure 
spring water, fine walks and 
drives, and social elements of 
the best ; the place is desirable in every way for summer or permanent 
home. Population, about 1,400. Three summer hotels. Building lands 
from $200 to $1,000 per acre. Fine ponds and lakelets. The place is 
growing. All kinds of farming. As a summer and health resort, 
Sharon is unsurpassed in New England. 



22 miles from Boston. 








6 trains from Boston, 


week days. 


6 trains to Boston, week 


days. 








..$28 


OO 






2 


25 








50 









EAST FOXBORO'. 

A village of Foxboro' ; pop- 
ulation, about 400. Situated on 
high land, well suited for 
farming purposes. One dairy 
establishment and several 
farms for general produce. 
Building lands from $75. Five 
Five miles to Sharon ; two and one- 

[See 



to seven per cent on mortgages 

half miles to Foxboro' ; two and one-half miles to Mansfield 

Foxboro'.'} 



WEST MANSFIELD. 



A village of Mansfield, two 
miles from the main village. 
Devoted to general farming 
and some manufacturing. A 
Quaker society. Five miles to 
Attleboro'. [See Mansfield.] 



27 miles from Boston. 








6 trains from Boston, 


week days. 


5 trains to Boston, week 


days. 








..$30 


oo 






2 


75 








60 







66 




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ATTLEBORO' 



32 miles from Boston. 

1 5 trains from Boston, -week days. 
9 trains to Boston, week days. 
4 trains from Boston, Sundays. 
3 trains to Boston, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $35. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3.25 

Fare, one way .70 



A town of G,500 population ; 
the seat of the jewelry manu- 
facturing industry in New 
England. One national and 
one savings bank. Building 
lots from five to twenty-five 
cents per foot. Five to six per 
cent on mortgages. Excellent water supply and Are department. The 
town is devoted to manufacturing interests rather than to farming or 
rural occupations. Two hotels. 

DODCEVILLE. 

A village of Attleboro'; 
population, about 500. A quiet 
country neighborhood, given 
to general farming. Land at 
the rate of $200 per acre. 
Two miles to Attleboro'. Six 
per cent on mortgages. [See 



34 miles from Boston. 






3 trains from Boston, 


■week days. 


3 trains to Boston, week 


days. 


Season Ticket, 3 mos 




..$35.00 






3 60 






so 





Attleboro'.'] 



HEBRONVILLE. 



A village of Attleboro' ; 
population, about 1,000. Three 
miles to Attleboro' ; four miles 
to Pawtucket. Building lots 
from $50. A general farming 
section and growing neighbor- 
hood. A quiet, pastoral local- 
ity, attractive for summer or permanent homes 
three churches. [See Attleboro'.] 

PAWTUCKET. 



35 miles from Boston. 
4 trains from Boston, week days. 
4 trains to Boston, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $36. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3. 75 

Fare, one way .80 



Two schools and 



40 miles from Boston. 

14 trains from Boston, week days. 

14 trains to Boston, week days. 
4 trains each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $38.00 

Five-trip Ticket 4.00 

Fare, one way .90 



A city of 35,000 inhabitants, 
near Providence, R.I. A man- 
ufacturing centre, growing 
rapidly. Some market garden- 
ing in the outskirts. Six 
banks and loan institutions. 
Building lots from fifteen cents 
to $1.00 per foot. Six per cent on mortgages. A paid fire department. 
$700,000 has been laid out here upon water-works. Pawtucket is in 
the immediate vicinity of Narragansett Bay shores, and residents and 
sojourners in the city pass much of their time in summer in the Bay 
neighborhood < the frequent trains of the Old Colony road affording 
ample facilities for communication. 



FALLS VILLAGE. 



A village of Attleboro' ; 
population, about 1,400. a 
manufacturing and farming 
centre, with both dairy and 
general farming. Building 
lots from one cent to Ave cents 
per foot. Five to six per cent 

on mortgages. Agricultural society buildings and trotting park. 

Falls village is a section of North Attleboro'. [See Attleboro'' .] 



2 miles from Attleboro'. 

16 trains from Attleboro', week days. 

16 trains to Attleboro', week days. 

Fare, one way $0.07 

Ten-trip Ticket 60 



RUMFORD. 



Population of village, about 
1,000. Considerable dairy, 
market and general farming. 
The place is growing, and has 
several fine estates and resi- 
dences. Building lots from 
$75 to $500. The situation is 
pleasant, with good sanitary qualities, and has tine roads for driving in 
the neighborhood. Good fishing and gunning in vicinity. Six per 
cent on mortgages. Very attractive for summer residents. 



40 miles from Boston. 
2 trains from Boston, week days. 
1 train to Boston, week days. 
Fare, one way $0. 90 



RIVERSIDE. 



5 miles from Providence. 
9 trains from Providence, week days 
8 trains to Providence, week days. 
2 trains each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $9.00 

Ten-trip Ticket l.OO 

Fare, one way .15 



eral farming 

fine place for summering 



A village of about 1,500 in- 
habitants. Five miles to Prov- 
idence ; six miles to Warren. 
A rapidly growing neighbor- 
hood, with some tine estates 
and residences. Building lots 
from $100 to $500. Some gen- 
All the Bay attractions, facilities and enjoyments. A 



NAYATT. 



Nayatt is a very attractive 
summer resort, a part of the 
town of Barrington. Mails, 
telegraph and telephone. Here 
are excellent roads, and some 
of the finest drives in the State. 
Excellent bay -fishing, especially 
for tautog. Some elegant private residences. Very desirable for 
summer homes. Six per cent on mortgages. 



8 miles from Providence. 

9 trains from Providence, week da3^s. 
8 trains to Providence, week days. 

2 trains each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $13.00 

Five-trip Ticket l.OO 

Fare, one way .25 



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SILVER SPRING. 



Silver Spring is a beautiful 
summer resort upon the shore 
of Narragansett Bay, and about 
three miles from Providence. 
Here are cottages and a hotel 
for summer sojourners, and 
every provision for excursion- 
ists and tourists. Lands for lease for cottages and establishments. 
Telegraph and telephone. Fine natural attractions, and near the fish- 
ing grounds of the Bay. Some general farming in the neighborhood. 
Five per cent to six per cent on mortgages. This is one of the famous 
" clambake " resorts of Narragansett Bay. 



4 miles from Providence. 
9 trains from Providence, week days. 
8 trains to Providence, week days. 
2 trains each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $8.00 

Fourteen-trip Ticket l.OO 

Fare, one way lO 



WNVILLE. 

A village of 400 inhabitants, 
overlooking the Bay and attrac- 
tive situations. A growing 
neighborhood. Public library, 
a literary society and Barring- 
ton Historic Antiquarian Soci- 
ety available. Excellent boat- 
ing and fishing in the Bay. Two to four cents per foot for building 
lots. Accommodations for summer sojourners in cottages and private 
families. 

WARREN. 



7 miles from Providence. 




9 trains from Providence 


week days. 


8 trains to Providence, week days. 


2 trains each way, Sundays. 




. . .$12.00 




1 oo 




Otfi 





1 1 miles from Providence. 

lO trains from Pro_yidence, week days. 
9 trains to Providence, week days. 
2 trains each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $15. OO 

Three -trip Ticket , 1 .OO 

Fare, one way 35 



Population, about 4,500. A 
Bay town, with all the attrac- 
tions and facilities for summer 
sojourners or residents com- 
mon in this section. A free 
public library, three banks, 
good schools, two hotels ; four 
miles to Bristol; one mile to Barrington. Some general farming in 
the neighborhood. Water and fire departments. Six per cent on 

mortgages. 

BRISTOL. 

A Bay town of about 6,500 
inhabitants. Finely situated and 
very attractive in summer. 
Excellent boating and salt- 
water fishing near at hand. 
Good schools and churches. 
Four banks. Some market and 



15 miles from Providence. 

lO trains from Providence, -week days. 
9 trains to Providence, week days. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $18.00 

Three-trip Ticket 1 .OO 

Fare, one way .40 



general farming. A growing neighborhood, with many fine estates 
and residences. Six per cent on mortgages. 



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SWANSEA. 



A beautifully situated towu 
of about 1,400 inhabitants. 
Divided from Somerset by 
Lee's River. Fine views of 
Mount Hope Bay, upon which 
it borders, and which renders 
it one of the most delightful 
resorts for summering. Lee's River, Warren River and the waters of 
the bay afford abundance and variety of fish, and the rivers a limited 
water power. Largely given to farming pursuits. Five churches, ten 
schools. Here was shed the first blood of Philip's War. 



15 miles from Providence. 

4 trains to Providence, week days. 

5 trains from Providence, week days. 

Season Ticket, 1 month $7.67 

Fare, one way 45 



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THE HORTHERTJ DIYISIOH. 



That portion of the Old Colony Railroad system now known as the 
" Northern Division " was formerly a portion of the Boston, Clinton, 
Fitchburg & New Bedford Railroad, consolidated with the Old Colony 
Railroad some years since. From Framingham Centre, with its ancient 
buildings built round the level Green, this line stretches away north- 
ward through a most beautiful rural and farming region, with old 
families and farming establishments, and institutions in plenty as char- 
acteristics. Between Marlboro' and Leominster, Mt. Wachusett 
' ' lords it " over the scenery, and the summer attractions of the sections 
are bountiful. Some of the finest homes in the world are situated 
along this line, and its traditions and historic connections are manifold. 
Train service between Boston and these towns is of the best, and one 
may easily make business headquarters in the great city while enjoying 
a country home here. In addition to the train service, as given in the 
following pages, a theatre train is run from Fitchburg to Boston and 
return, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Communication with New 
York via " Fall River Line" is direct. Besides the industrial and man- 
ufacturing centres through which this division of the system passes, 
the special farm productions are worthy of notice. More than 1,800 
cans of milk are received on this line daily, between Framingham and 
Fitchburg stations. 

FRAMINGHAM. 



A pleasantly situated vil- 
lage, devoted to general farm- 
ing. One of the State Normal 
Schools is here located. Good 
accommodations for summer 
sojourners. Building lots, 
from $300 to $500. This vil- 
lage is in the midst of pleasing country scenes, and the drives in all 
directions are of the finest. It is not far from business and manufact- 
uring centres, and for summer or permanent homes is very desirable. 

FAYVILLE. 



23 miles from Boston. 
6 trains from Boston, week days. 
6 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $27. OO 

Ten-trip Ticket 4.95 

Fare, one way .55 



26 miles from Boston. 
5 trains from Boston, week days. 
5 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $28. OO 

Ten-trip Ticket 5.40 

Fare, one way : .60 



A rural, farming district, 
of about 400 inhabitants. Two 
mails daily ; telegraph and tel- 
ephone. Prices for building 
lots, $200 to $400. 



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SOUTHBORO'. 



27 miles from Boston. 
6 trains from Boston, week days. 
6 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $28. OO 

Ten-trip Ticket 5.85 

Fare, one way 65 



A village of 800 inhabitants' 
devoted to general farming. 
Fine scenery and drives ; a very 
pleasing country place. Here 
is the celebrated " Deerfoot 
Farm/' Excellent mail, tele- 
graph and telephone facilities. 
Building lots, $200 to .$1,000. Some fine estates, and a growing neigh- 
borhood. Very desirable as permanent residence. Five public schools, 
and St. Mark's and Mrs. Fay's schools for boys. Three churches. 
Three miles from Marlboro', seven miles from South Framingham, six 
miles from Westboro'. Southboro' is one of the most attractive of 
central Massachusetts localities, and its social and community elements 
are of the finest. The section is growing in population and important 
interests, and must always present most desirable considerations for 
the home-seeker. 

NORTHBORO'. 



A finely located inland town, 
devoted to general and dairy 
farming and market garden- 
bag, and some manufacturing. 
Northboro sends three hundred 
cans of milk daily to Boston. 
Population, about 1,900. A fine 
place for country homes, summer or permanent, and is growing rapidly. 
Building lots, from $200 to $500. Good schools and many churches, 
a national bank, library, kindergarten and boarding-schools, water 
department, etc. Excellent accommodations for summer sojourners. 
Two miles to Westboro'. Good fresh-water fishing. 



35 miles from Boston. 
5 trains from Boston, week days. 
5 trains to Boston, -week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $33. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3.83 

Fare, one way .85 



MARLBORO' 



30 miles from Boston. 
6 trains from Boston, week days. 
6 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $32. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 3.38 

Fare, one way .75 



A manufacturing town, con- 
taining upwards of twenty 
factories for the making of 
boots and shoes. Population, 
about 13,000. Fine schools and 
churches of all denominations. 
Two national banks and one 
savings bank. Gas and electric lighting, and good water department. 
Good hotels and accommodations for summer sojourners. Eighteen 
mails daily. Building lots at reasonable rates. The scenery about this 
town is fine, and drives among the surrounding hills and vales are very 
attractive. The place is growing rapidly. Some general farming. 
Small game and pond fishing. 



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MARLBORO' JUNCTION. 



29 miles from Boston. 
6 trains from Boston, -week days. 
6 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $32. OO 

Fare, one -way 70 



A village of Marlboro'. [See 
3Iarlboro'.'] 



BERLIN. 



Pleasantly situated country 
village of about 1,000 popula- 
tion; largely devoted to mar- 
ket gardening. Five schools 
and three churches. Four 
miles to Clinton and Hudson, 
Good mail and telegraph facili- 
ties. Building lots, $250 to $300. Gunning for birds; stocked (trout) 
fish-ponds. Six per cenl on mortgages. Quiet, rural surroundings. 



38 miles from Boston. 
4 trains from Boston, week days. 
4 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $33. 50 

Five-trip Ticket 4.05 

Fare, one way 90 



WEST BERLIN, 



40 miles from Boston. 

3 trains from Boston, week days. 

3 trains to Boston, -week days. 

1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $33. 50 

Five-trip Ticket - 4.05 

Fare, one 'way . .90 



A dairy farming village of 
Berlin. Population, 200. Low 
rates for land. Two and a 
half miles from Clinton. Good 
farm-house board and quiet 
country scenes. [See Berlin.'] 



CLINTON. 

Population, 10,000. Thirty- 
six public schools, two other 
educational institutions, and 
churches of the Episcopal, 
Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, 
Congregational, Unitarian, 
Presbyterian and Advent de- 
nominations. One national and one savings bank. Gas and electric 
lighting. Good hotels and accommodations for summer visitors and 
residents. Twenty mails daily ; telegraph and telephone. Prices for 
building lots, $50 to $4,000. Interest on mortgages, five per cent to 
six per cent. A mill town, of steady growth, 
and of excellent quality. Fine drives and outlooks. 



44 miles from Boston. 




5 trains from Boston, week 


days. 


5 trains to Boston, week days. 


1 train each way, Sundays. 




Season Ticket, 3 mos 


.$34.00 




4. 50 




. l.OO 





Water in abundance, 



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BOLTON. 



Population, about 1,000. A 
dairy farming town. Fine 
scenery and country situations. 
Good accommodations for sum- 
mer visitors at private .houses. 
Good schools and an academy. 
Building lands at low rates. 
Mortgages, five to six per cent. 



42 miles from Boston. 
3 trains from Boston, -week days. 
3 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $34. OO 

Five-trip Ticket 4.28 

Fare, one way .95 



PRATT'S JUNCTION. 



A farming village, — dairy, 
market and general farming. 
Population, about 200. A 
beautiful, quiet, country village 
with pleasing scenery and situa- 
tions. Pine drives, including 
that to Mt. Wachusett. Land 
may be bought at extremely low rates. Accommodations for summer 
sojourners in farm-houses. Some good trout brooks, and hunting for 
small game. 

LEOMINSTER CENTRE. 



49 miles from Boston. 

3 trains from Boston, -week days. 

4 trains to Boston, -week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $35. OO 

Five-trip Ticket „ 4. 75 

Fare, one way l.lO 



A manufacturing and gen- 
eral farming town of 6,000 in- 
habitants. Very pleasing 
scenery and surroundings. 
Five miles from Pitchburg. 
Building lots, from $200 to 
$3,000. Two banks. Gas light- 
ing. Pine for summering, and good accommodations for summer 
sojourners. One hundred and twenty-five houses were erected here in 
1887. Water and fire departments. Six per cent on mortgages. 
Leominster has one of the largest manufactories of baby carriages in 
the country, and other large industrial establishments. 



53 miles from Boston. 
5 trains from Boston, week days. 
5 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each -way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $35. OO 

Ten-trip Ticket lO.OO 

Fare, one way 1.15 



WEST LEOMINSTER. 



54 miles from Boston. 






4 miles from Fitchburg. 






5 trains to and from Fitchburg 


, week 


days. 






Season Ticket, to Boston, 3 mos. 


$35 


OO 


Fare, one way, to Boston 


1 


15 


Fare, one way, to Fitchburg . 




io 



A village of Leominster. 
Fine natural scenery and sur- 
roundings. Building lots, from 
$50. Some market gardening. 
A quiet country village. [See 
Leominster. ] 



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58 miles from Boston. 

5 trains from Boston, week days. 

5 trains to Boston, week days. 
1 train each way, Sundays. 

Season Ticket, 3 mos $36.00 

Ten-trip Ticket 11. OO 

Fare, one way 1.25 



FITCHBURG. 

A city of 19,000 inhabitants. 
A large manufacturing centre. 
County Court House, and 
Worcester North Registry of 
Deeds. Four national banks, 
two savings banks, co-opera- 
tive bank. Good hotels and 
boarding-houses. Gas and electric lighting. Building lots, from two 
cents to twenty-five cents per foot, according to location. Excellent 
water department. The city is finely situated, with high hills all about, 
affording very attractive outlooks. Several lakes and ponds near by 
afford excellent fishing. The place is very desirable for summer or 
permanent home, and has many line private residences. Average per 
cent for mortgages, tive and one-half. The suburb of South Fitchburg 
i^ a growing manufacturing centre, with attractive surrounding scenery 
and considerable dairy, market and general farming. 




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DESIGN No. 458. 

By the Co-operative Building Plan Association, Architects. 

Size of structure : Front, 31 ft., 4 in. ; side, 51 ft. 

Accommodations : Cellar under whole house ; halls, bays and four 
rooms on first floor; bays, closets and five rooms on second floor; 
three rooms in the attic. 

Height of stories: Cellar, 7 ft.; first story, 9 ft., 6 in.; second 
story, 9 ft. ; attic story, 8 ft. 

Materials: Foundation, stone and brick; first story, brick; second 
story, brick; gables, shingles; roof, shingles. 

Special features : Sliding doors connect the principal rooms of first 
story. Heater pipes are carried to all the rooms ; open fire-places also 
are provided for the first-story rooms. The staircase is hard wood, 
and striking in design. A course of asphalt laid in the foundation 
walls prevents dampness from rising through the walls. The outside 
of the wall below ground line is coated with asphalt also, to keep the 
cellar dry. 

Cost, about $5,000. Floor plans and further information about this 
design may be obtained by applying to the Co-operative Building Plan 
Association, Architects, 63 Broadway, New York. 



LtfC. 



MORE DISTANT HOME SITES. 



Beyond the suburban limits of Boston, as defined by the railroad in 
the classification of its business, and still further away from this 
centre than the towns and villages mentioned in-fche foregoing, — which, 
generally speaking, are within one hour's or one and one-half hour's 
ride from the city, the Old Colony Railroad system presents a great 
section of inland and sea-shore territory, —the last named largely in 
excess, — eligible for summer or permanent homes. The towns border- 
ing upon Onset and Buzzard's bays; the whole of quaint, picturesque 
and historic Cape Cod, the " right arm " of Massachusetts ; Nantucket 
and Martha's Vineyard; the cities of Providence New Bedford and 
Fall River and their environment ; the inland portions of Plymouth and 
Bristol counties. — all these sections abound in most beautiful and very 
desirable home and building sites, easy of access, low in cost, possessed 
of all the advantages, attributes and influences that distinguish those 
already described in this volume, and many others peculiarly their own. 
The summer homes of southeastern Massachusetts, and of the islands 
along its coast, are in the midst of natural sanitary and physical condi- 
tions which obtain nowhere else in equal perfection, while all social 
and community interests and establishments are in the forefront of 
the civilization of to-day. The distances from Boston are not so great 
as to prevent a daily visit to that centre, and return to the home spot 
if one wishes; and. indeed, many residents of places as far away as 
Newport and Fall River, New Bedford. Wood's Holl, or the farthest 
points on old Cape Cod, are season-ticket holders of the Old Colony 
lines, and appear every day in their counting-rooms or places of busi- 
ness in Boston, finding plenty of time for a hard day's work outside 
of the hours taken up in the railroad trips back and forth. 



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OLD COLO.NY RAILROAD. 



Suburban Real Estate Agents. 

.,, .. f John A. Pope, Capt. Ilenry Hunt. 

Atlantic 

• Higgins & Co., 110 Tremont St., Boston. 

Abington Look & Coughlin. 

,, . . f E. F. E. Thayer, II. B. Vinton. 

liraintrce 

I Chas. Belcher. 

Bridgewater E. C. Linfleld, J. L. Bassett. 

Bristol O. L. Bosworth. 

r\\ E. GifTord, L. F. Norris. 

Brockton -| Alfred Laws, Howard >.<• Coughlin. 

( I. II. Harris. A. F. Small. 

( ianton < >. 1). Capen. 

Cent ral Avenue Geo. R. R. Rivers. 

Clarendon Hills Geo. F. Downes. 

Clinton E. G. Stevens. 

Cohasset Lincoln Bros. 

Crescent Avenue Holbrook & Fox. 

Dedham H II. McQuillen. 

Drownville D. A. Waldron, II. Staples. 

Duxbury I. S. Loring, A. L. Rich. 

East Milton Geo. R. R. Rivers. 

Falls Village A. T. Parker & Co., North Attleboro' 

field's Corner \Y. H. Spooner. 

Fitchburg A. S. Lawton & Co., S. A. Child. 

Forest Hills R. E. Cochrane. 

Framingham John Clark. 

Hanover J. Dwelley. 

1 1 a/el wood Sec Hyde Park. 

Hebronville Attleboro' Loan Co. 

Highland W. B. Blakemore. 

Hingham F. H. Lincoln. 

r C. H. Crumett, A. F. Bickmore. 

Hyde Park j J. W. Bradlee, A. H. Holway. 

( H. A. Rich, Geo F. Downes. 



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Jamaica Plain R. S. Barrows, J. P. Ford. 

Kingston W. II. Faunee. 

Leominster Centre .7. M. Lockey. 

Mattapan J. B. L. 73artlett. 

,, „ , I Win. Barnes, E. Ballard. 

Marlboro J 

t C. F. Holyoke. 

Milton Geo. It. R. Rivers. 

Northboro' Geo. L. Chesboro, P.O. Wellesley Hills. 

North Abington Geo. E. Wales, E. P. Boynton. 

North Scituate D.J. Bates, L. W Cook. 

Plymouth I W - S - Robins, H. Morissey. 

I B. A. Hathaway. 

Pawtucket C. P. Adams, C. A. Warland. 

Pratt's Junction Joseph Collins. 

Quincy ^ R ' D ' Cnase ' A - G - Olney. 

* I H. H. Faxon. 

Randolph Isaac Niles. 

Raynham S. D. Wilbur. 

Readville J. F. Goodwin, J. D. McAvoy. 

Riverside G. W. Paton. 

Roslindale Atwood & Co., R. J. Strange & Co. 

Roxbury Geo. Faunee, J. F. Morse. 

Sea View J. L. Greely, 19 Congress St. , Boston. 

Sharon W. B. Wickes, Decatur & Alden. 

South Fitchburg A. S. Lawton & Co. 

South Hanson John Foster. 

South Weymouth L. A. Cook, A. E. Vining. 

Southboro' Dexter Newton. 

Stoughton { H - N - Tucker ' ' L Talbot ' IL D - Atwood 

I M. M. Upham, C. D. Capen. 

Taunton E. T. Jackson & Co. 

Warren - A. G. Sanford, John H. Brown. 

West Bridge water Francis Howard. Horatio Howard, 

West Hingham F. II. Lincoln. 

West Leominster. Henry Cook. 

.Whitman • • • G 1). Soule, Geo. F. Jenkins. 



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